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Today (3rd), the number of new corona patients is expected to increase significantly from yesterday and approach 50,000.
The duty to wear a mask outdoors has been lifted since yesterday, but there were still more people wearing it.
Reporter Park Soo-jin listened to the citizens' stories.
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Seoul Han River Park yesterday afternoon.
Citizens taking off their masks for a walk or exercise are notable.
[Hong Soo-bin / Gwanak-gu, Seoul: I think it is a little free that it does not harm (other people) even if you do not wear a mask.] At
Haeundae Beach in Busan, many citizens took off their masks and enjoyed the sea breeze.
[Kim Seon-ho / Songpa-gu, Seoul: It is much better to experience nature directly because I am outside even after taking off my mask…
It feels much better to go on an outing.]
The first day when the duty to wear an outdoor mask was lifted.
There were people who said it was good to take off the mask after a long time, but there were still many more people who still wore masks saying they were cautious or awkward.
[Lee Jun-won / Dalseo-gu, Daegu: Actually, I want to take it off, but I am a little worried, and I am still a little cautious.]
Even outdoors, you must wear a mask when you go to a gathering, performances, or sports events where more than 50 people gather.
Wearing a mask is strongly recommended for high-risk groups, such as crowded situations where 1 meter distance cannot be maintained, or those with symptoms suspected of Corona, and those who have not been vaccinated.
Wearing a mask is still compulsory in public transportation such as buses, trains and taxis and indoors.
Although the epidemic is showing a stable decline, the quarantine authorities said that the corona virus is not ending, and predicted that the decline could slow down and small fluctuations could continue.
However, it was predicted that the range of fluctuations in the epidemic would not be large as many of the people had secured immunity through natural immunity and vaccination.