As most churches and cathedrals hold Christmas services and Masses online, religious facilities have become sluggish.
While the government was struggling over a plan to raise social distancing to three stages, major tourist destinations were generally quiet, showing a calm and calm appearance across the country.
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◇’Going out allowed by the country’… The screening clinic is crowded
Citizens visited a screening clinic in Uijeongbu City, Gyeonggi Province from morning to receive a corona19 diagnostic test.
It wasn’t long enough to create a long line, but the medical staff were busy with continued visits to the examiner.
A temporary screening and inspection station in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, was also crowded with citizens who arrived and waited before the operation started.
A woman in her 30s said, “I have a mild sore throat, so I visited the laboratory using a day off.”
Even during lunchtime, which came for a short time in the afternoon, the medical staff seemed to be unable to rest properly due to disinfection of the laboratory and cleaning up the surrounding area.
A man in his 50s said, “There are no symptoms, but there is a hot spot for examination,” he said. “It’s a sad reality for people who come to have an examination on Christmas and working medical staff.”
The Jeju Public Health Center, the Western and Eastern Public Health Centers, and Jeju National University Hospital, etc., were also visited by residents to undergo diagnostic tests at screening clinics located throughout the province.
Due to the pouring amount of diagnostic tests, the Institute for Health and Environment is divided into 3 groups of 4 people, 1 trillion units, and continues to work 24 hours a day regardless of holidays.
Citizens visited a screening clinic in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province to undergo examinations from early in the morning.
An official at a public health center said, “As the number of confirmed cases has increased rapidly recently, employees are having a lot of trouble,” he said.
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◇’Tuk’ to visit religious facilities and major tourist spots nationwide
Most churches and cathedrals across the country held Christmas worship and Mass non-face-to-face.
Busan, where the social distancing step 2.5 is being implemented, spent Christmas in a calm atmosphere.
At this time of year, believers who remembered the meaning of the birth and sharing of Jesus by giving Christmas Mass, watched the Mass online in accordance with the guidelines of the Catholic Busan Diocese.
The Catholic Diocese of Busan will hold all Masses non-face-to-face until the 3rd of the following month, including 3 Masses on this day.
The Busan Suyeongro Church, which was crowded with a busy parking process on weekends, also held a Christmas service online and a large parking lot was empty.
In Gwangju, some churches conducted face-to-face worship with a small number of them and received orders from the quarantine authorities to disband.
With the spread of Corona 19,’Zipcock’ increased, and major tourist destinations across the country were generally quiet.
The Jeonbuk Provincial Parks Moaksan and Daedunsan have been closed since the 24th, and since then, visitors have cut off.
Some hikers who visited these mountains without knowing that they were shut down, after hearing an explanation from the management office staff, turned to regret.
On weekends, there were fewer visitors than usual in Songnisan National Park and Seoraksan National Park, where visitors flocked.
From the day before Jeju Island, access to six public tourist attractions such as Hallasan National Park, Seongsan Ilchulbong Peak and Bijarim were controlled, and cancellations of accommodation reservations continued.
(Kim Seon-ho, Ryu, Soo-hyun, Byeon, Ji-cheol, Sang-won, Han Moo-seon, Hong In-cheol, Hong, In-cheol, Yang, Young-seok, Lee Sang-hak, Choi Jae-hoon, Kim Sang-yeon)
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