[Photo] Crowded Screening Clinics Despite the Cold Wave

Due to the rapid spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, the number of confirmed cases is sharply increasing day by day. Despite the severe cold wave that arrived on the morning of the 6th, a holiday, many citizens are gathering at the Seoul Plaza screening clinic, waiting for testing. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

Due to the rapid spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, the number of confirmed cases has been sharply increasing day by day. Despite the severe cold wave arriving on the morning of the 6th, a holiday, many citizens are gathering at the Seoul Plaza screening clinic, waiting for testing. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

Due to the rapid spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, the number of confirmed cases has been sharply increasing day by day. Despite the severe cold wave arriving on the morning of the 6th, a holiday, many citizens are gathering at the Seoul Plaza screening clinic, waiting for testing. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

Due to the rapid spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, the number of confirmed cases has been sharply increasing day by day. Despite the severe cold wave arriving on the morning of the 6th, a holiday, many citizens are gathering at the Seoul Plaza screening clinic, waiting for testing. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

Despite the severe cold wave on the 6th, a holiday morning when confirmed cases are rapidly increasing daily due to the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, many citizens are flocking to the Seoul Plaza screening clinic, waiting for testing. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Dong-joo] Despite the severe cold wave that arrived on the morning of the holiday on the 6th, when confirmed cases are rapidly increasing daily due to the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, many citizens are gathering at the Seoul Plaza screening clinic, waiting for tests.

On this day, nearly 40,000 new confirmed cases were reported despite it being the weekend, pushing the cumulative number of confirmed cases past 1 million. It has been 748 days (2 years and 18 days) since the first confirmed case was reported in Korea on January 20, 2020.

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