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spread of Corona in other countries is also strong. In particular, the world is shrinking again as the omicron-mutated virus spreads rapidly. In the United States, work is delayed and online classes are revived, while in the UK, the number of new cases per day is at an all-time high.
Correspondent Yunsu Kim from Washington.
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Representative Silicon Valley companies, such as Google and Apple, have announced that they will postpone the return of their employees to the office indefinitely.
This is because the number of new COVID-19 cases in the United States recently exceeded 120,000 again, and omicron mutations are rapidly spreading.
Universities are also replacing the upcoming final exams online, and Broadway performances are being canceled one after another.
[De Blasio/Mayor of New York, USA: We have a powerful new threat to deal with. Omicron response shouldn't be too late. This mutation is moving fast. We must move faster.] In the
UK, where the spread of Omicron is strong, the number of new cases of COVID-19 in one day has exceeded 90,000.
It is a daily high, and the number of daily infections of Omicron has surpassed 1,000.
Omicron infections are exploding, doubling every two days.
British health authorities have found that one person infected with Omicron can infect 3 to 5 people.
It is three to four times higher than the delta mutation.
[Johnson / Prime Minister of the United Kingdom: Omicron mutation is spreading around.
We have to be very careful not to be isolated in an uncomfortable state at Christmas.]
Health experts say that if this trend continues, Omicron will overtake Delta as the dominant species in Europe and other parts of the world by January next year, so they are urged to start boosting vaccines quickly. recommended.