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number of new corona cases around the world is at an all-time high. In the UK, where the number of confirmed cases per day is around 100,000, it was found that about 90% of new cases are infected with Omicron.
Reporter Park Won-kyung reports.
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Yesterday (27th), Greece's new corona19 confirmed 9,284, a record high.
As the spread of Corona 19 accelerated, the Greek health authorities decided to limit restaurant business to midnight for two weeks from January 3 next year, and limit the number of people per table to 6 people during that time.
Admission to sports events is limited to less than 10% of the stadium's capacity, with a maximum of 1,000.
Denmark and Iceland, the Nordic countries, also recorded the highest daily number of confirmed cases of COVID-19, and Australia recorded the first 10,000 new cases and the first Omicron infection death.
In the UK, where there are 100,000 new confirmed cases per day, it was found that 90% of the confirmed cases were Omicron infection.
In the English Premier League, where Son Heung-min is playing, 103 players and staff were infected with Corona 19 a new week in the past week.
[Sajid Javid/British Health Minister: Please come out and vaccinate yourself to protect yourself, protect your loved ones and your community.]
France and Israel have agreed to shorten the interval between vaccinations for the vaccine booster shot, that is, the third booster dose, to three months in the fight against the spread of the Omicron mutation.
In the midst of this, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that it would be difficult to avoid a surge in the number of confirmed cases for the time being, but he made an optimistic view that the situation will eventually improve as seen in the South African case.