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the UK, where the mutant coronavirus appeared, the number of confirmed cases per day exceeded 36,000, the highest ever.
US health officials have warned that a mutant virus from the UK may have already entered the United States.
This is Lee Sung-hoon.
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UK, the number of new confirmed cases of Corona 19 a day has changed the record high.
The number of newly confirmed people was 36,804, the highest number since last March as the mutant virus, which is 70% more infectious, spreads rapidly.
The number of deaths continued to increase, killing 691 people in one day.
The cumulative number of confirmed cases in the UK exceeded 2.11 million, the sixth largest in the world.
The spread of the mutant virus is locking the neighboring countries at once.
The EU Commission recommended that all non-essential travel to and from the UK should be prevented, but recommended that 27 member states should be lifted from full entry bans to the UK and that cargo transportation could be facilitated.
It is concerned that the essential supply chain is blocked, causing problems with the shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine.
In the midst of this, U.S. health officials have revealed that a mutant corona from the UK may have been introduced.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that although the influx of mutant corona was not confirmed through genetic sequencing, it may have already spread as only 0.3% of cases of infection in the United States have undergone genetic analysis.
Previously, New York State, the gateway to the U.S. from Europe, has recently entered into travel restrictions, requiring passengers on flights departing from the UK to pre-test for Corona 19.