The UK is an emergency because of the mutant virus. An analysis also found that the contagiousness was 1.5 times that of the previous case, and half of the recent confirmed cases were infected with this mutant virus. In Denmark and Germany, additional mutant virus infections are also emerging.
This is reporter Lee Ji-eun.
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49% of newly diagnosed infection cases may have mutated corona, according to a new analysis by the British Bureau of Statistics.
In addition, studies have shown that mutant viruses are 56% more contagious than conventional viruses.
Although lower than the original estimate of 70%, the rate of transmission is also very intimidating.
In the UK, the number of confirmed cases surpassed 30,000 one day a week ago and now approaches 40,000 every day.
[보리스 존슨/영국 총리 : 변이 바이러스가 퍼지는 현실, 그 빠른 확산세를 막아야 합니다. 조치를 취하는 것 말곤 방법이 없다는 데 동의하실 것입니다.]
In fact, local media say there is a greater likelihood of blocking the entire UK.
The mutant virus is spreading across Europe.
In Italy, where a native citizen who returned from the UK last week was diagnosed with a mutant corona, another person infected with the mutant virus came out.
In particular, the patient did not go to the UK and did not have contact with anyone from the UK, making Italian health authorities even more tense.
In Denmark, 33 people have been infected with the mutant virus in the past month, and in Germany, one woman who has returned from Britain has been found to have the mutant virus.
The Dover Port area, which connects England and Europe, is still paralyzed.
Some vehicles have been able to cross France, but those who are trapped still begging for help.
[프란시스코 모레노/운전기사 : 심리적인 학살이라고요. 이런 적은 처음입니다. 비인간적이에요.]
(Video Design: Bae Yoon-joo / Video Graphics: Kim Jung-eun)
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