In the next few days, a lot of huge events happened, creating a lot of topics for the citizens to talk about. The hottest was the government's Northern Expedition finally taking place.
Spearheaded by the military and the good guys, an army of volunteer survivors willing to take risks for the general public, everything happened according to their plan. A plan that almost took a week to form with only several keypoints finalized.
The hundreds of thousands of people traveled on the national highway despite the guaranteed chance of encountering hordes. There were other options like traversing the outskirts of the wild forests and vast fields, but the President was another good guy.