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50,000 confirmed cases of British in’mutation’… “Review of 5 levels of containment that prohibits entry outside the home”

The number of confirmed cases per day exceeded 50,000 in the UK, where a mutant virus, which has a stronger spread than the existing Corona 19, is spreading.

According to UK health authorities, 53,135 cases of infection were confirmed on the 29th (local time) alone. It has been only one day since the number of new confirmed cases has exceeded 40,000.

A woman wearing a mask is waiting for a bus on the 29th in London, UK, where the Corona 4 stage restriction has been imposed. In the near future, reports reported that the UK would take more intensive five-step measures. In stage 5, the school is closed and everyone has to wait at home. [AFP=연합뉴스]

– The rapid increase in patients is also causing a shortage of beds. According to the Guardian on the 30th, some patients are being treated by ambulances outside the hospital due to insufficient hospital rooms in the capital city of London, which was the center of the spread of the mutant virus.

Medical experts said the situation in Britain was heading into a’disaster’ and called for stronger containment measures.

Currently, 24 million people, 43% of England’s population, including London, are subject to stage 4, the most stringent blockade. However, stronger measures must be taken than that.

Corona testing station in London, UK on the 25th [EPA=연합뉴스]

Corona testing station in London, UK on the 25th [EPA=연합뉴스]

– According to The Guardian, the British government is also considering the creation of a new’step 5’that requires everyone to stay at home.

According to World O Meter on the 30th, there are about 2.38 million cumulative confirmed cases of Corona 19 in the UK. The cumulative death toll exceeds 70,000, the fifth largest in the world.

An electron microscope picture that allows you to visually check the Corona 19 virus. [서울대병원 감염내과 제공, 연합뉴스]

An electron microscope picture that allows you to visually check the Corona 19 virus. [서울대병원 감염내과 제공, 연합뉴스]

– The faster rate of infection growth in the UK is attributed to the emergence of a mutant virus that has a greater transmission power than the existing virus.

However, the mutant virus does not appear to cause more serious symptoms or increase the fatality rate than before, experts explain. The Financial Times (FT) reported on the 29th, citing the results of a study conducted by researchers from the Public Health Bureau on 1,769 people infected with the mutant virus.

The researchers compared 1769 people infected with the British mutant virus and 1769 controls infected with the’wild type’ virus (formerly Corona 19) by age group, sex, residential area, and test time.

As a result of the analysis, there was no statistically significant difference in hospitalization or mortality, the researchers said.

However, the spreading power of the mutant virus was overwhelmingly strong. A separate study conducted by the University of Birmingham and the UK Department of Public Health found that the virus level (VL) of those infected with the mutant virus was 35%, more than three times higher than those of those infected with the existing virus (10%).

FT reported, “If the VL is high, it can easily infect other people.”

On the 21st, at London Heathrow Airport in the UK, a notice board indicating the closure of Terminal 3 was posted.  In the aftermath of the mutant virus from the UK, 50 countries have restricted entry from the UK. [AFP=연합뉴스]

On the 21st, at London Heathrow Airport in the UK, a notice board indicating the closure of Terminal 3 was posted. In the aftermath of the mutant virus from the UK, 50 countries have restricted entry from the UK. [AFP=연합뉴스]

– The mutant virus was first identified in the UK in September and has spread rapidly in London and southeast England from November.

To date, more than 20 countries where radio waves have been confirmed are European countries such as France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, Middle East countries such as Israel and Jordan, Asian countries such as Korea, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and North American countries such as the United States and Canada. It is a country. There are over 50 countries restricting entry from the UK.

Reporter Seo Yujin [email protected]



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