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The spread of Corona continues in Europe due to the spread of Omicron. Hundreds of thousands of cases occurred in one day. The World Health Organization has sent a warning message saying that "the end of the pandemic is still far away".
Correspondent Kim Jung-woo. [
Reporter
] The French health authorities said that there were 464,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in just one day.
It easily surpassed the daily high of 368,000 confirmed cases in a week.
Nine out of 10 people over the age of 12 have had at least one vaccination, but the spread is not fading.
In Italy, the number of new cases recorded 220,000, a nearly threefold increase in just one day.
The death toll increased by 434, significantly exceeding the number of deaths recorded the previous day of 287.
In the UK, the number of new cases increased to 94,000 for the second day, and in Germany, the number of new cases per 100,000 population in the last week was 553, the highest for five consecutive days. Reduced from 6 months to 3 months.
The rapid increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases seems to be due to the spread of omicron mutations, which have strong contagious power.
The World Health Organization also expressed concern, saying "the end of the pandemic is still far away."
[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus/WHO Director-General: Omicron mutation is sweeping the world.
WHO is concerned about the impact of (Omicron mutations) on already exhausted healthcare workers and overburdened healthcare systems.]
The World Health Organization also notes the potential for new mutations to emerge in countries with low COVID-19 vaccination rates, He called for an equitable distribution of vaccines.