In the United States, the spread of the new coronavirus continues, with the number of deaths per day exceeding 3,100 on the 9th, the highest ever.
Experts are urging people to refrain from traveling, saying that Christmas holidays could lead to further spread of the infection.
According to a summary by Johns Hopkins University, the number of deaths per day confirmed on the 9th in the United States was 3,124, the highest ever.
Since the beginning of this month, the number of deaths has exceeded 2,000 one after another, and the cumulative total has reached more than 290,000.
In addition, according to a private research organization, the number of inpatients is more than 106,000, and the number of people receiving treatment in the ICU = intensive care unit is more than 20,000, which is the worst level ever. It has been reported that there is a shortage of labor and beds in the institution.
Experts have pointed out that the background to the serious infection is related to the fact that many people moved across states during the Thanksgiving holidays last month, which triggered the Christmas holidays. The infection may spread further.
For this reason, Dr. Fouch, who is involved in the countermeasures against the new coronavirus under the Trump administration, expressed a strong sense of crisis that "if the countermeasures are insufficient, mid-January next year may be a dark time", and he refrained from traveling and many We are asking people not to get together and have a dinner.