황금연휴 2일째 김포공항에서 출발하는 휴가객<br /><br />New daily cases of COVID-19 in South Korea have been in the single digits for the last few days.<br />It comes just in time for the long weekend here in this country.<br />Yesterday was a public holiday; today is May Day and next Tuesday, Children's Day is also a holiday in Korea.<br />Coupled with the beautiful weather, travellers are back at airports, eager to get out of the house after all these weeks. But, health authorities have a warning.<br />Our Kim Doyeon is at Gimpo International. Gimpo International Airport was busy on Friday, the second day of a long weekend that for some people will last until next Tuesday.<br />Located in Seoul, Gimpo does serve international destinations, but because many countries have closed their borders, its domestic flights are busier.<br />In fact, a lot of people are on their way to South Korea's resort island of Jeju.<br />Today alone, there are around 240 flights to the island from all airports nationwide, and some passengers say that at this point they're not too worried about COVID19.<br />"We've gone through a lot recently with COVID-19, like the outbreak connected to the Shincheonji church. But we've done well to lower the number of cases in time for the long weekend."<br />"South Korea is good at quarantine, so we're not worried about going to Jeju."<br />Though the passengers are wearing their face masks, social distancing does not seem to be top priority for many of them.<br />The KCDC, however, has extended its social distancing guidelines to May 5th, which is all the way through the long weekend.<br />Whether the agency decides to loosen those measures to what it calls "distancing in daily life" will be decided in a meeting this Sunday.<br />The agency has been pleading with people to continue social distancing when they travel because this is a turning point in the fight against COVID19.<br />Healthcare experts say if the country can get through the next few days without any spikes, it should be in a good position to move onto the next phase in getting the country back to normal.<br />KIM Do-yeon, Arirang News<br />
