<Anchor>
Although it is the weekend of the 25th, the screening center was crowded with the highest number of confirmed cases in the history of 3,000. I'll connect you with reporter Choi Seon-gil, who is out at the inspection station in front of Seoul Station.
Reporter Choi, the inspection is now over. I heard quite a few people went there today?
<Reporter>
Yes, this screening test center at Seoul Station is open until 9 pm on weekdays, but today is the weekend, so all tests were completed at 6 pm.
Still, people continued to come for the test all day, and today alone, about 1,000 people were tested here.
[Jang Dae-woong / Corona 19 Tester: (at work) There was one confirmed case of Corona 19. So because I have to test today and get (results) on Monday... .]
I've been to screening centers in Seoul as well as here.
Most screening centers are crowded with people, and in particular, at a clinic in Songpa, where there are a number of confirmed cases from Garak Market, there was a long line so long as to wait for an hour to be tested.
Although the final count has not been released yet, the number of inspections in the metropolitan area, including Seoul, is expected to exceed 150,000 today.
<Anchor> Are
you saying that there are currently more than 1 million people waiting for test results?
<Reporter>
Yes, yes. According to the quarantine authorities, as of 0:00 this morning, the number of people waiting for the results after receiving the corona test recorded about 1,050,000.
This is an increase of about 25,000 people from the previous day.
As a result of testing after the Chuseok holiday, the number of confirmed cases in both metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas is increasing.
As the amount of preemptive testing has increased, quarantine authorities are concerned that the number of confirmed cases will continue to spread for the time being.
<Anchor>
How was the street scene today?
Could the movement be reduced a bit?
<Reporter>
Yes, it recorded the highest number of confirmed cases, but the amount of movement of citizens on weekends did not seem to decrease.
In particular, here in Seoul Station, it was crowded with citizens returning to their daily lives late after the Chuseok holiday or going out for a weekend outing.
[Lee Jong-yeol / Merchant near Seoul Station: It is a little more crowded on weekends than weekdays.
It's better than other times.] The
quarantine authorities announced that they would also operate a temporary inspection station at a key transportation point until the end of October.
(Video coverage: Kim Heung-sik, video editing: Park Ji-in)