<Anchor> The number of
corona patients worldwide surpassed another 40 million today (18th).
Countries such as the United States, India and Brazil, where the number of confirmed cases is still the most, are not slowing down.
Here in Europe, the weather is getting colder and things are getting worse.
France, Britain, Italy, Germany, and anywhere else, the graphs are soaring this month.
This is Jung Joon-hyung.
<Reporter>
Italy recorded a record high as the number of new confirmed cases of Corona 19 per day exceeded 10,000.
Infected people have also occurred in Pope Francis' residence, leaving contacts in quarantine.
Italian health officials say the situation is becoming impossible to track close contacts.
The number of confirmed cases whose source of infection cannot be identified is rapidly increasing and is out of control.
[Massimo Galli/Italian doctor: If the blockade or blocking measures are not put in place within 15 days, it will have no choice but to enter the stage of strengthening restrictions on people's activities and movement.] In
Germany, the number of new confirmed cases is close to 8,000, reaching another high. I recorded it.
Even the bodyguards of the German President Steinmeier have been confirmed and are in quarantine.
[Angela Merkel/German Prime Minister: A hard time lies ahead.
What will happen this winter and Christmas will depend on our actions.]
The Netherlands also recorded a record high with the number of new cases exceeding 8,000.
The situation in the United States is also getting worse.
As the infection spread in the central region, the number of new confirmed cases reached nearly 70,000 a day.
It is the highest since the end of July.
Still, President Trump on the campaign urged state governments to lift the blockade.
[Trump/US President: We need to have the Governor lift the blockade.
Schools should also be opened.]
Ahead of winter, US health experts are saying that the third epidemic has already started.
(Video editing: Seungyeol Lee)