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There is concern that Europe is increasingly being plunged into the swamp of the fourth COVID-19 pandemic.
The Netherlands, where the number of confirmed cases has recently surged, is finally starting to send patients to neighboring Germany, and the WHO has warned that 700,000 people could die in Europe by March next year.
Reporter Lee Sang-soon on the sidewalk.
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A COVID-19 patient has arrived at a hospital in Bochum, Germany.
I crossed the border from Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
The Netherlands, which is full of hospitals, has begun to transport patients to neighboring Germany.
In the Netherlands, more than 23,000 people were infected with Corona 19 in one day on Tuesday alone, and about 154,000 people in the last week.
[마크 루테 / 네덜란드 수상 : 보건당국 감염대응팀을 다시 만났는데 기본 조치가 여전히 비효율적이라고 들었습니다. 우리가 다음 달 3일 이전에 코로나19 봉쇄 여부에 대한 결정을 하려면 며칠 내에 변화가 있어야 합니다.]
Austria, which declared the end of the coronavirus pandemic last summer, but recently entered a nationwide lockdown, is struggling to expand vaccination.
Fortunately, the number of people vaccinated against white dust has increased significantly.
[수잔 드라팔릭 / 오스트리아 사마리탄 연합 회장 : 이곳뿐만 아니라 오스트리아 전역의 백신 접종률이 상승했습니다. 센터의 하루 접종 인원이 천 명이었는데 지금은 이곳에서만 하루 접종 인원이 만2천 명에서 만3천 명에 이릅니다.]
But the WHO has issued a gruesome warning.
By March next year, there could be an additional 700,000 deaths in Europe due to COVID-19.
Currently, the cumulative death toll in Europe is 1.5 million.
The WHO is concerned that an increase in severe cases in 49 out of 53 countries in Europe will overload health care systems.
This is YTN Lee Sang-soon.
YTN Lee Sang-soon (sslee@ytn.co.kr)
[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]
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