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the UK where the COVID-19 mutant virus was discovered, more than 36,000 confirmed cases per day occurred, recording the highest number ever.
Vaccine makers have said the vaccine will also work for the mutant virus, but the anxiety has not subsided.
Reporter Kim Yong-cheol.
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is a supermarket in London, England.
The imminent withdrawal from the European Union and the overlapping measures to contain COVID-19 have intensified the hoarding.
[Charlotte, UK residents: Because of the spread of Corona 19 infection.
It is much more infectious than the last one.
We have no choice but to do what we can.] On the
22nd, the number of new corona 19 confirmed cases in the UK a day peaked at 36,804, and the number of deaths per day was 691, the highest in a month.
The cumulative confirmed cases exceeded 2.11 million and the death toll exceeded 68,000.
The World Health Organization and pharmaceutical companies have launched a study on the Corona 19 mutant virus from the UK.
Pfizer and Bio&Tech said the vaccine could counter the mutant virus, and were confident that it could produce a customized vaccine within six weeks.
[CEO Ugur Jahin/Bio&Tec: Scientifically, it is very likely that the immunity caused by the existing vaccine can cope with the new mutant virus.]
A mutant virus found in the UK spreads and blocks the entry of airliners from the UK The country has grown to over 50 countries.
British media said the virus appeared to have emerged in September, and predicted that Britain could soon enter into a third blockade.
(Video editing: Seung-hee Lee, CG: Jin Yoo)