Church Services Banned in Seoul as Worries Grow of Out of Control Coronavirus Spread

This just shows how quickly this virus can spread when people are not vigilant:

Residents of Sungbuk District in Seoul wait to be tested for COVID-19 outside the district health center, Tuesday. Korea Times photo by Bae Woo-han

The COVID-19 crisis appears to be spinning out of control in Korea with the Seoul metropolitan area recording triple-digit increases in new infections over the past five days.

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reported 246 new cases Monday, pushing up the total caseload to 15,761 with 306 deaths. Among the 246, 201 were in Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province, as the total number of cases over the last five days reached 991. 

Mass infections were reported to have started in churches and then spread to people at restaurants, coffee shops, military bases, protest sites and police stations. COVID-19 is posing a grave challenge to quarantine officials who have branded the current situation worse than the outbreak among the Shincheonji Church of Jesus members in Daegu in February and March.

In response, the government banned all churches activities in the Seoul metropolitan area, except for an online worship starting from midnight Tuesday.

Korea Times

You can read more at the link, but the government also plans to temporarily shut down karaoke and PC rooms, clubs, buffet restaurants, public libraries, galleries and museums. 

It is also interesting that authorities are blaming anti-government protests as well for spreading the virus. This seems like a convenient way to try and stop the rallies.

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Kevin Kim
4 years ago

Not buffet restaurants! NOOOOO!!!

Don
Don
4 years ago

Close the churches, and crush right- wing protests at the same time . How convenient!

a listener
a listener
4 years ago

Well we could see another Flagellant Movement, as what happened during the Black Death when it spread from China to Europe almost a thousand years ago and Churches had to be shut down.

Don
Don
4 years ago

This Covid scamdemic has been very useful for leftists worldwide to suppress the Right-Hong Kong, Korea, and the US are three very good examples.

setnaffa
setnaffa
4 years ago

Buses and subways still running?

Moose Knuckle
Moose Knuckle
4 years ago

They should move the protests to the US because according to the health professionals here, mass protest gatherings don’t spread the virus (provided you’re setting buildings on fire and yelling Kill Whitey).

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