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The United States has no imagery. President Trump has said he will soon decide which countries to restrict further entry into. It is also important to consider the sensitive time when the presidential race begins.

I'm correspondent Washington.

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Trump says he will soon decide on further restrictions on entry to some countries to prevent Corona19 from entering the United States.

In particular, the number of patients was emphasized.

[Trump / US President: I'm looking at some countries with disproportionately high numbers. (Immigration restrictions) I will try to make a decision soon.]

In the ensuing campaign, he said that entry restrictions were inevitable.

[Trump / U.S. President: We will do anything to stop the infection and prevent people who get it from entering the United States. There is no choice.]

I didn't specify that I was looking at some countries specifically.

However, if South Korea has the second largest number of confirmed patients after China, additional restrictions on entry may include Korea.

While it is a burden on US-Korea relations, it cannot be ruled out by President Trump's characteristic of emphasizing the interests of the United States and the possibility of enforcing high-strength measures such as restricting entry due to political necessity in the presidential election.

In California, the third outbreak of corona 19 patients with unknown paths of infection raises concerns about community infections.

US stocks continued to decline, hitting their biggest decline since October 2008 during the weekly financial crisis.

Powell's Federal Reserve chairman made an urgent statement and said he would "have appropriately to support the economy," but he was still anxious.

(Video coverage: Oh Jung-sik, Video editing: Lee Seung-jin)