<Anchor> In the
United States, students have been attending classes in some areas since the beginning of this year, and the number of corona patients in schools is increasing again recently.
As the virus spreads, especially among younger people, concerns about the 4th pandemic are growing.
This news was delivered by correspondent Yunsoo Kim from Washington.
<Reporter>
Minnesota, USA, partially resumed face-to-face classes at elementary schools in January.
However, so far, more than 740 schools have been confirmed to be infected with Corona 19.
In Michigan and Massachusetts, there are successive outbreaks of outbreaks in schools.
[Gottlip/Former FDA Director of the United States: We are seeing the spread of infection in young people and school-aged children who have not been vaccinated nationwide.] The
number of infections
among young people from their
20s to 40s is also increasing significantly.
In the United States, 54.8% of the elderly over the age of 65 have been vaccinated and the main infected layer is shifting to younger people who have not yet been vaccinated.
In particular, the spread of the mutant virus from the UK is terrifying, but it has already spread to 50 states in the US.
Fortunately, the vaccines are also effective against mutant viruses.
[Pouch/U.S. National Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research Center Director: The Corona 19 pandemic does not last forever.
Since 3-4 million people get vaccinated every day, we are getting closer to a little more control.]
To date, more than 100 million people in the United States have been vaccinated at least once.
Although the world's fastest vaccination rate, U.S. health experts advise that the vaccination rate needs to be boosted to prevent the 4th pandemic, led by the mutant virus.
(Video coverage: Jeongsik Oh, video editing: Hojin Kim)