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Europe, mutant viruses continue to spread.

A mass infection caused by a mutant virus in a nursing home in Germany killed 15 people.

Protests against the blockade are also continuing everywhere.



Reporter Jung Joon-hyung on the report.



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72 people were infected with a mutant virus from the UK in a nursing home in Leverkusen, Germany.



47 elderly people living in nursing homes and 25 employees caring for them were infected.



Of the infected, 15 have died so far.



In this nursing home, the infection spread rapidly after the first confirmed mutant virus occurred at the end of last year.



As European countries' containment measures to prevent the spread of the mutant virus have been strengthened, protests are continuing.



Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Austria and Hungary to protest fiercely, complaining of the pain of strengthening the blockade.



[Austria Protesters: What is happening now is like a nightmare.

The prime minister must step down.

It is embarrassing to vote for the government now.]



Amid controversy that the AstraZeneca vaccine is less effective in the elderly, the Italian government has also conditionally approved the use of the vaccine.



Italian health officials recommend using the vaccine only for adults under the age of 55, saying that sufficient clinical trials have not been conducted in the elderly.



Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron also met with reporters, saying that the AstraZeneca vaccine is less effective in people over 65 years of age, raising controversy.