The number of new infections reached the highest in both New York and Florida. The cumulative death toll in California exceeds 25,000. This is the third state to exceed this level after New York and Texas. The cumulative death toll in Virginia has exceeded 5,000.
Mayor De Blasio of New York City has announced plans to accelerate the spread of the new coronavirus vaccine and inoculate one million people in January.
Governments around the world are calling on the public to celebrate the New Year at home. The highly infectious new corona mutant was also detected in California, China, Brazil and Singapore. The European Union (EU) has announced that it will ban travel from Britain after it officially leaves the country.
The number of newly infected people in Tokyo is the highest ever. Regarding whether to issue a state of emergency, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said, “First of all, it is important to secure the current medical system and make every effort to avoid the spread of infection.”