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Corona19 is rapidly increasing in Europe, mainly in Italy and Germany. The Paris Louvre, a major tourist attraction, was also temporarily closed after a staff vote.

Reporter Chung Hye-kyung.

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The Louvre is more than 9:00 am, the opening hour of Paris, France.

Tourists waited for the door to open in front of the glass pyramid.

[Misa / Philippines Tourist: I came to see Mona Lisa, but I am disappointed because it is closed. I don't know why the door was closed.]

The museum decided to temporarily close the staff vote without prior notice.

A day after the French government announced that it had banned events that attracted more than 5,000 people the day before, due to the rapid spread of Corona 19.

[Shandlin Bion / Museum Staff: Decision made by 300 service staff who sell exhibits and tickets. All but two agreed to be closed.]

Corona 19 is accelerating to make a sudden closure to the French Louvre, a holy place for European tourists.

In Italy, there were more than 500 new cases per day, with 1,694 cumulative infections.

In Germany, the number of confirmed patients doubled in one day, 117 infected.

The first patient came from Latin America and the Caribbean.

Dominican health officials say a male Italian citizen in their 60s, confirmed last month, has confirmed Corona19.

In the Middle East, including Iran, the number doubled in two days, surpassing 1,000.