According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 14.9 million people worldwide have lost their lives to Corona in the past two years.
As of today, the death toll from coronavirus in the United States has surpassed 1 million.
SBS was the first Korean media to interview Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Adviser at the White House, who is in charge of the U.S. quarantine commander.
Dr. Fauci, who responded to an exclusive video interview with SBS Washington correspondent Kim Soo-hyung, reaffirmed that the United States is moving out of the stage of an explosive increase in the number of infections while premised that the pandemic is still ongoing.
He analyzed the reason for this, as more people recovered after vaccination and infection.
He also picked Korea as an example of a country where the corona situation will be much better than last year.
In the case of Korea, since 88% of the total population has already received the vaccine, the number of critically ill patients or deaths will not increase significantly in the future.
It is up to the country to decide whether or not to wear a mask, and the US has lifted the mandatory mask on board, but he also emphasized that he will wear a mask.
Fauci explained that it is impossible to eradicate the coronavirus, but it is possible to control the spread of the infection.
He diagnosed that it is not yet known whether the five micron sub-mutations BA.4 and BA.5, which are expected to cause a fifth wave in South Africa, will cause global resurgence.
Lastly, he advised that Korea should prepare a national strategy to respond to the next pandemic from now on.