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France, more than 40,000 new corona19 confirmed cases were poured out for two consecutive days. The World Health Organization's WHO has urged countries to take immediate action, saying it is a critical point in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is reporter Hak-Hwi Kim.
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More than 42,000 new cases of Corona 19 occurred in France a day.
This record was rewritten one day after setting the record high with 40,000 new confirmed cases for two consecutive days.
France is the second largest member of the European Union, after Spain, surpassing 1 million.
The French government has decided to extend the ban on curfew from 9pm to 6am the next day.
In Italy, the number of new corona19 confirmed cases was counted at 19,000, the highest in history, and more than 10,000 confirmed cases per day in Spain and Germany.
The WHO points out that it is at a critical point in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
[Theward Ross Governor Yeosus/WHO Secretary General: Especially in the Northern Hemisphere, we are at a critical point in the COVID-19 pandemic. The number
of corona19 confirmed cases is
increasing exponentially in too many countries.] The
WHO said nearly half of the 445,000 confirmed cases in the last 24 hours occurred in Europe, and urged countries to take immediate action.