<Anchor> In the
United States, the average daily number of corona cases exceeded 100,000 for the first time in two months. In addition, as uncertainty due to omicron mutation grows, within the US, the US economic growth rate for next year is starting to be lowered.
Correspondent Kim Jong-won from New York.
<Reporter> In the
past week, the average daily number of corona cases in the United States has exceeded 120,000.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States, which had been on a decline, recently increased again, exceeding 100,000 a day for the first time in two months since early October.
The number of deaths also turned on the rise, exceeding 1,600 on average per day.
As the number of corona confirmed in winter is increasing, I am also concerned about omicron mutation.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that 99.9% of confirmed cases are delta mutations so far, but as confirmed cases appear in 16 states across the United States, including New York, New Jersey and California, omicron mutations are also spreading.
The CDC says it will streamline the approval process for vaccines specific to Omicron so that they can be distributed as quickly as possible.
[Rochelle Wallensky/CDC Director: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is already discussing ways to streamline the approval process for Omicron-specific vaccines. This is because the Omicron vaccine is virtually identical to other existing vaccines.]
In the midst of this,
it is
predicted that the economic growth rate of the US will slow next year.
Goldman Sachs downgraded its forecast for U.S. gross domestic product growth next year to 3.7% from 4.2%, citing that economic uncertainty has increased due to the spread of Omicron mutations.
In addition, as the number of people reluctant to go to work increases, there is also a prospect that the current manpower shortage could last longer.