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Pohang City, Gyeongsangbuk-do, requires that at least one person at a house must undergo a corona test.
It means that we will first find out if there is an infected person in the family we live with through testing.
On the first day, today (26th), some places waited for more than half a day due to lack of preparation, and on the other hand, voices of criticism are coming out of how much this will help quarantine.
This is TBC reporter Park Young-hoon.
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line waiting for the Corona 19 diagnostic test seems to be over 300m.
On the first day when more than one person per household was required to be tested, screening stations in Pohang were crowded from early morning.
For the first time in the country, citizens flocked to Pohang City to obey an administrative order that required more than one family member to be tested.
With this executive order, at least 180,000 to over 200,000 Pohang citizens will undergo diagnostic tests.
It is a prescription for a nasty drug to find hidden infected people.
[Kim Yoo-bin/Nam-gu, Pohang-si university student: At first, I thought I had to do this.
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However, due to lack of preparation, there were also complaints and complaints, with waiting times reaching two or three hours at each laboratory.
In particular, at the Drive-Thru Inspection Station, the car parade continued for several kilometers, causing the citizens who waited in the car for more than half a day to rage.
[Kim Jong-gwang/Buk-gu, Pohang City: (How long have you been waiting?) I waited 4 and a half hours.
(You couldn't have worked or did any other activities today?) Yes, I can't.
I have to go to the market too...
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In addition, there are voices concerned about side effects, saying that the rest of the family may be neglected by personal quarantine because one family member was tested negative.
(Video coverage: Shinshin-dong TBC)