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Health authorities are opening dozens of free coronavirus testing sites.
Citizens can utilize these temporary facilities starting Monday.
Choi Won-jong takes us there.
On one of the coldest days this season in South Korea, a long line of people wait outside Seoul Station.
They are here to get tested at one of the temporary testing centers like this one.
As the nation continues to see a record number of daily COVID-19 cases at the center of the recent viral resurgence, the nation's health authorities have opened 150 temporary testing sites in the Greater Capital Area, starting Monday.
That's on top of the more than 2-hundred 10 test sites that are currently in operation.
Something different about these makeshift test centers is that the tests are free, you don't have to have any symptoms, and you don't have to give your name, just your phone number, which is a little more anonymous.
One person explained why she came to get tested to this particular site.
"I was trying to take the shortest possible route,... and I wanted to get tested quickly. Plus it's close to where I work."
"Here at one of the 56 temporary testing sites in Seoul, several options are available other than the usual testing with a nasal swab, and participants are free to choose the option that fits them the best."
Three different types of tests are being done here.
One is the usual PCR nasal swab, which offers the most effective results.
There's also another type of nasal swab that's quicker but less accurate.
Saliva tests are also available on site, which can give a result in less than 30 minutes, but are less accurate.
These free and anonymous tests will be available for three weeks until January 3rd.
They are open from 9 AM to 6 PM every day, including weekends.
Choi Won-jong, Arirang News.

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2020-12-14, 22:00 (KST)

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