[Photo] Medical Staff Collecting Specimens

On the 16th, when the number of new COVID-19 cases exceeded 1,000 for the first time in three days, citizens were waiting for tests at a temporary screening clinic set up in front of Exit 6 of Samseong Station in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight that day, there were 1,024 new domestic COVID-19 cases. This is the largest number since the first COVID-19 patient was reported in the country on January 20./Reporter Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

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