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Recently, the number of corona confirmed cases increased little by little, and yesterday (17th) the number of confirmed cases more than doubled last week.

There is also a prediction that there will be another big epidemic in early December, when the number of people living indoors increases due to the cold and the immunity of many people decreases.



Reporter Nam Joo-hyun.



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There were 33,248 confirmed cases yesterday (17th), more than double the number of confirmed cases a week ago.



It is a high number even considering that the number of confirmed cases was small as it was a public holiday a week ago.



As it is the fifth consecutive day that the number of confirmed cases has increased compared to the previous week, the increase is clear.



There are other indicators of concern.



This year, the corona epidemic in major European countries continued to peak in Korea a month or two later, but now the number of confirmed cases is increasing in Italy, France and Germany.



In France, the number increased 5.7 times from 16,000 on the 11th of last month to about 94,000 on the 11th.



[Ghebreyesus/WHO Director-General: As the days are getting colder, we are spending more time indoors together, and most countries are no longer taking measures to limit the spread of the virus (this is an expected result)



] In early December, he warned that the 7th wave could come.



Four months after the last vaccination and six months after infection, the immune system drops significantly, and at this time, three out of four Koreans fall under this.



[Jeong Ki-seok / National Infectious Disease Crisis Response Advisory Committee: About 13 million people had defense until December.

38 million people will not have adequate defense.]



Another risk factor is the increase in the close, dense, and airtight 3-mil environment due to indoor heating in winter.



The health authorities have approved the emergency use of Pfizer's additionally improved vaccine that responds to BA.5 and another BA.4 mutation, the dominant species in Korea, and plan to use it for vaccination soon to curb the outbreak of the epidemic.



(Video editing: Choi Eun-jin, CG: Choi Jae-young)