<Anchor>

The United States, where the number of patients is increasing, has decided to suspend visa operations worldwide. Following Canada, the Mexican border was closed. Washington Connect.

Correspondent Yoon-Soo Kim, is the issuance of the U.S. visa completely stopped?

<Reporter>

The State Department officially announced that the US embassies in each country have announced the suspension of visa work individually.

As in Korea, US embassies and consulates around the world have decided to cancel all immigration and nonimmigrant visa reservations.

He said he would continue to provide urgent visa services, but did not reveal what this was specifically about.

The US State Department also said it will close the northern Canadian border and the southern Mexican border starting tomorrow.

The road to and from the United States is almost blocked.

<Anchor>

The number of confirmed people in the United States has exceeded 15,000. New York is the most serious situation.

<Reporter>

The number of corona19 confirmed patients in New York State has already exceeded 7,000. It is increasing by 2,000 people a day.

New York State's population is only 6% of the total population in the United States, with half of the total population confirmed.

Accordingly, New York State ordered non-essential businesses to work 100% telecommuting, excluding grocery stores, pharmacies, and banks.

California has previously issued a home evacuation order for all residents, which is actually a similar evacuation order.

<Anchor>

What happened to the New York Stock Market?

<Reporter>

In the early part of the market, the trend was mixed, but as the afternoon went down, the downfall increased. The Dow also missed over 900 points.

International oil prices, which rebounded sharply yesterday, fell again by more than 10%.

As these anxiety factors are so large in the price of corona oil, the market is seldom stabilized in various stimulus packages.