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the United States, where the number of corona-infected patients is rapidly increasing due to the spread of the delta mutation, there is even a forecast that in the worst case, 4,000 people may die a day. While there are still people who haven't been vaccinated, they even take off their masks, warnings that the US is going the wrong way.
Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung from Washington.
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Corona Prediction Hub, created by a joint research team of universities such as Johns Hopkins and Columbia, predicted that in the worst case, 240,000 infections and 4,000 deaths in the United States could reach 240,000 a day in October in the worst case.
[Pouch / Chief Medical Adviser of the White House: Most of the corona prediction data published over 18 months were quite accurate. Not a good situation. We're going the wrong way.] With
delta mutations skyrocketing, we've seen more than 170% more infections than two weeks ago.
Louisiana, where the spread is particularly severe, has decided to recommend wearing a mask indoors, regardless of whether or not you are vaccinated, starting tomorrow (27th).
[Pouch / White House Chief Medical Adviser: If you are in a place where the spread of corona infection is high, you must wear a mask even if you have been vaccinated.] The
CDC said that among all 50 states, 30 states have less than 50% vaccination rate.
[Baetagila/Unvaccinated: I am a healthy person. There is no underlying disease. I'm not worried about Corona.]
The United States, which took off its mask while declaring liberation from the coronavirus, is also facing the greatest crisis as the delta mutation explodes.