프랑스, 영국 내달 봉쇄조치 완화...미국 확산세 지속<br /><br />France's second national lockdown is likely to be eased next month, with an announcement due on Tuesday.<br />The U.K. will also as scheduled lift its four-week restrictions on December 2nd.<br />While Europe seems to be getting the virus under control, COVID-19 continues to spike in the U.S.<br />Choi Jeong-yoon reports.<br />France will start easing coronavirus lockdown rules in the coming weeks, carrying out the process in three stages in order to avoid a new flare-up of the pandemic.<br />According to the government, President Emmanuel Macron will give a speech on Tuesday local time,...possibly announcing a partial relaxation of restrictions which have been in place since late October.<br />This comes after an improvement in the country's situation.<br />The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 dropped for the fifth day in a row while new coronavirus infections in France rose by some 17-thousand on Saturday, lower than the over 22-thousand reported the day before.<br />Restrictions will begin to be relaxed around December first, with further easing coming before the year-end holidays, and lastly from January next year.<br />The U.K. will also end its secondary lockdown as scheduled.<br />Local media outlets reported the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will officially announce the end of its restrictions on Monday.<br />The curb that closed non-essential stores, restaurants and pubs will be eased on December 2nd.<br />The PM's office said, the lockdown helped control the virus, and plans are in place to return to a three-tiered system of restrictions.<br />Meanwhile, the U.S. continues to see unprecedented infections, reporting some 195-thousand infections,...breaking its record for the second straight day.<br />Its total infections stand at 12 million, one fifth of global cases.<br />CNN said more than 10-thosuand people died last week, which is double the amount compared to last month.<br />Japan saw over 2-thousand daily cases for five days in a row.<br />This puts the country over 130-thousand cases in total.<br />Russia is the fifth country hit hard by the pandemic, which saw over 24-thousand cases on Sunday alone from over 85 regions.<br />Their number of total cases stands at over 2-million with the death toll at 36-thousand.<br />Choi Jeong-yoon, Arirang News.<br /><br />
