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California, the most populous state in the United States, has loosened restrictions on the prevention of corona virus as one in two people have completed their vaccinations. Although economic activity has completely resumed, concerns about the mutated virus remain.
Correspondent Kim A-young.
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Of the 40.5 million residents of California, the United States, 46.6% were vaccinated, and 59% were vaccinated at least once.
Based on this inoculation rate, the California state authorities announced that they would loosen restrictions on the prevention of COVID-19 in large numbers.
[Gavin Newsom/Governor of California: We no longer have to practice social distancing, and there is no capacity limit. It will be applied from midnight.]
Following the state of Illinois on the 11th, the so-called 'full reopening' of economic activities was declared.
As a result, people who have been vaccinated will be able to go around without a mask in most places indoors and outdoors except for public transportation, hospitals and schools.
It has been 15 months since the state of California, which was the first US state government to issue a stay-at-home order since the COVID-19 outbreak, declared a return to normal life.
However, concerns are raised in that the vaccination rate is less than the 70-85% level of herd immunity, and the threat of mutant viruses is still there.
In the United States, the average daily death toll in the past week has surpassed 343, and the cumulative number of deaths has exceeded 600,000.
In the UK, 57.4% of the adult population who received the second dose of the vaccine was recorded, but more than 7,000 cases are still occurring per day.
The UK is also urging people to return to normal life, such as filling the entire audience for the final of the Wimbledon tennis tournament next month, but they have decided to extend the lockdown for another four weeks.