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Find out about Corona 19 news outside of the country.
In Britain, where the mutant virus is spreading, more than 40,000 new cases per day.
The virus appears to have spread to at least 24 countries, with mentions of possible spread to the United States, which has the highest number of confirmed cases and deaths.
Reporter Choi Ho-won on the report.
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British government said that the number of new confirmed cases per day on the 28th in local time was 41,385.
It is the largest one day since the outbreak of Corona 19 earlier this year.
The spread of Corona 19 in the UK is accelerating, and it is analyzed because of a mutant virus that has up to 70% more transmission power than before.
With the rapid increase in the number of confirmed cases, the number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients in the UK exceeded 21,000.
More than 350 new deaths per day are also recorded.
To date, cases of mutant virus infection have been confirmed in at least 24 countries.
In Finland, two Finnish citizens returning from the UK for Christmas holidays tested positive for mutations.
US health officials say there is no evidence that the mutant virus has landed in the United States, but they say it is possible in the future.
However, he added that the currently developed vaccine will be effective against mutation.
Meanwhile, Spanish health officials say they will make the list of people who have not been vaccinated and share it with the European Union in the future.