SEOUL (SOUTH KOREA) – With new coronavirus infections spreading from a Church congregation in the capital, authorities are worried that virus mitigation success stories might be a thing of the past.
As of Wednesday midnight, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reported 288 new cases. However, there is a ray of hope as there is no increase from the previous day’s tally of 297.
So far, the country has reported as many as 16,346 cases and 307 fatalities.
Hundreds of cases are linked to the congregation of a Church run by a radical, conservative preacher. Some of his followers took part in anti-government protests in the capital, spreading the infection.
“The reason we take the recent situation seriously is because this transmission, which began to spread around a specific religious facility, is appearing nationwide through certain rallies,” Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip said.
Health officials have tested 3,263 members of the Church out of which 630 have tested positive, Kim said. Hundreds more are being traced.
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