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Today (2nd) is the first day of the year in the United States, and the number of corona19 confirmed so far has exceeded 20 million.
One out of 17 Americans has Corona 19, but the spread trend is showing no signs of diminishing.
This is Kim Yoon-soo, a correspondent from Washington.
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New Year's event at Times Square in New York, USA, where nearly one million people flocked every year, and this year was held under strict control.
Only 39 people and their families, including doctors and supermarket workers, who made great contributions to the local community amid the Corona 19 crisis, were invited.
[Yeah/Me New York New Year Event Participants: I am very happy to be selected as one of the few New Year event participants that will kick the year 2020.]
As soon as the New Year 2021 dawns, the cumulative number of corona19 patients in the United States exceeded 20 million. Stood.
It has been about one year since the first infection on January 20 last year.
About 6% of the total U.S. population is infected with 1 in 17 Americans.
23.9% of confirmed cases worldwide and 19% of deaths came from the United States.
Even so, the spread still shows no signs of diminishing, and the vaccination rate is slow.
US health officials are rushing vaccination with the goal of building population immunity by fall.
[Pouch / National allergies, infectious diseases Research Institute: 0.4'll be able to make a sufficient herd immunity April and May, about six months, it must properly keep vaccine in July in early fall -
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