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Today (28th) is Black Friday, where the biggest discount event is held in the United States.
Normally, a shopping center like a battlefield would become a news scene, but this year was a completely different appearance due to the aftermath of the coronavirus.
This is Kim Yoon-soo, correspondent from Washington.
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As soon as the door of the store opens, people rush to pick up items as if fighting.
During Black Friday, this is a common sighting in the United States.
I couldn't see it anywhere this year.
It is a large shopping mall in Arlington, Virginia, USA.
It would have been difficult for shoppers to pass by like Black Friday in previous years, but this year it is very busy as you can see.
[Lea/Shoppers: It's completely different.
People don't come to shopping malls like this.
Many people have lost their jobs.
There was a tremendous change.]
On the other hand, online shopping recorded the highest sales ever.
This year, it was estimated to be 5.5 trillion won, a 21.5% increase from last year's Thanksgiving.
[Shay/President of the US National Retail Federation: This Thanksgiving Black Friday is different from other years.
It was rare for consumers to visit offline stores as they moved online.] With
more than 100,000 new corona19 confirmed for 25 consecutive days in the US, the cumulative number of patients exceeded 13 million.
The number of inpatients has risen to 90,000.
[Dr. Wen/Former Baltimore Director of Health, USA: We are already seeing a severe spike in Corona 19, but in the future we will see the peak of a more massive spread of Corona 19.]
US health experts say this is a gloomy holiday that leads to the holiday season. I was concerned that it might be just the beginning of the season.
(Video coverage: Park Eun-ha, Video editing: Lee Seung-yeol)