[Photo] COVID-19 Testing Line on Holiday Afternoon

On the 5th, citizens lined up in a long queue at the temporary screening clinic in Seoul Plaza, where the number of new COVID-19 cases recorded around 5,000 for the fifth consecutive day. According to health authorities, as of midnight that day, there were 5,128 new confirmed cases, 744 critically ill patients, and 43 deaths./Reporter Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@