As the number of corona19 confirmed cases in the U.S. decreased slightly due to vaccination, the states of Texas and Mississippi lifted the mandate to wear masks. But health experts warned that the move could spread the mutant virus rapidly.
This is Kim Yoon-soo, correspondent in Washington.
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The US states of Texas and Mississippi lifted the mandate to wear a mask from yesterday (3rd).
All stores and businesses have also removed the number of personnel restrictions and made them operate normally as before the Corona 19 crisis.
[리브스/미 미시시피 주지사 : 우리 주의 모든 카운티에서 마스크 의무화를 해제하고, 모든 사업장에서 정원을 모두 수용해 영업하도록 허용합니다.]
The two governors were cited as reasons for mitigation that the number of new corona19 cases and inpatients decreased.
However, there are still criticisms that it is a hasty measure in the situation where the number of new confirmed cases exceeds 50,000 each day and 2,000 people die each day.
President Biden also pointed out that it was a big mistake.
Texas also took the lead in the summer of last year, restarting the economy, and then became the epicenter of the re-proliferation of Corona 19.
[바이든/미국 대통령 : 이건 아주 큰 실수입니다. 마스크 착용이 큰 변화를 만들어 냈다는 걸 모든 사람들이 깨닫기를 바랍니다.]
In particular, there is also growing concern that deregulation could provide large petri dishes for the spread of mutant viruses.
[아시시 자/미 브라운대 교수 : 변이 바이러스들이 기존 바이러스를 대체하기 시작했습니다. 변이 바이러스가 더 많아지는 상황에 규제를 완화하면 분명히 대확산을 보게 될 겁니다.]
US media say all governors who are deregulating are part of the Republican Party, and pointed out that the confrontation between science and politics continues even after President Trump left.
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