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BA.5, a sub-mutation of Omicron, as the virus has become the dominant species in each country, the World Health Organization and WHO have issued a warning message regarding the loosened quarantine posture.
The White House said President Joe Biden, on his first trip to the Middle East following taking office, said he would minimize physical contact.
Reporter Kim Sang-woo on the sidewalk.
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The death toll is rapidly increasing as the ‘Biao’ virus, a sub-mutant of Omicron, has established itself as the dominant species in each country with the strongest transmission power ever.
According to the World Health Organization and WHO, the number of daily deaths due to COVID-19 worldwide averaged regarding 2,200 over the past week, which has nearly doubled from the average until the 21st of last month.
During the same period, the number of daily new confirmed cases also increased by nearly 65%, from an average of 560,000 per week to 920,000.
The WHO said, “The influx of the new virus shows that COVID-19 is not over yet.”
[테워드로스 거브러여수스 / WHO 사무총장 : 새 바이러스(BA.5)의 기승은 코로나19가 그 어느 곳에서도 끝나지 않았음을 보여줍니다.]
The European Union, which lifted the Corona quarantine restrictions earlier than Asia, predicted that it will face a new Corona 19 pandemic at the end of this month due to the BA.5 virus.
[안드리아 아몬 / 유럽질병예방통제센터 소장 : 우리는 이달 말에 바이러스 BA.5 하위 변이가 유럽 대부분 나라에서 우세종이 될 것으로 예상합니다.]
While the United States is raising the level of alert on the transmission power of the BA.5 virus every day, CNN broadcasts, “The BA.5 virus accounts for 65% of all infections in the United States and is the “worst virus with the highest transmission power in regarding two and a half years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.” came,” he said.
In this atmosphere, President Joe Biden, on his first trip to the Middle East since taking office, has officially announced that he will minimize physical contact during his visit due to concerns regarding the coronavirus.
However, when President Biden arrived in Israel, the first place he visited, he made close physical contact with Interim Prime Minister Rapid beyond fist bumps.
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