It is expected that the impact of COVID-19 due to the large-scale population movement during the Chuseok holiday will begin in earnest from next week.
Park Hyang, head of the quarantine division at the Central Accident and Response Headquarters, said, "As the number of people-to-people contact increases during the holidays, the number of tests today and tomorrow will increase, and the number of confirmed cases will increase. I did.
Son Yeong-rae, head of the social strategy division of Jung Soo-bon, also said, "Even if the number of confirmed cases is small until today, we expect the number of confirmed cases to increase tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." situation,” he said.
Regarding the trend of movement across the country during the Chuseok holiday, Director Son said, "We will have to keep monitoring the situation until the beginning of next week before we can judge the pattern of epidemics in the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas and the impact after Chuseok, and then discuss the adjustment of the 'social distancing' stage." said.
He also urged, "If you have symptoms after traveling a long distance or having several meetings during the holidays, be sure to get tested."
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