Although church infections continue, it’s ‘fast’ … 40 churches in Seoul caught in worship at the site



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The Seoul Metropolitan Government issued a group restraining order prohibiting face-to-face worship in religious facilities starting on the 19th, but on the 30th, the second Sunday after last Sunday, some churches in the metropolitan area continued worship in the place. Before and after the 14th, only a few large churches had intensely infected people, but now there are voices of concern that there are sporadic cases of confirmed cases in various churches. The city of Seoul has a policy of converting an order restricting assembly to a prohibiting assembly order for captured churches and filing a complaint with the police if face-to-face worship continues.

Even at step 2.5 away … 23 more spots detected than last week

On the morning of the 30th, members of a church in Busanjin-gu, Busan, are entering for face-to-face worship.  News 1.

On the morning of the 30th, members of a church in Busanjin-gu, Busan, are entering for face-to-face worship. News 1.

On the 30th, as a result of the on-site inspection of 2,839 churches in Seoul with more than 2,100 people, including self-governing districts, it was discovered that 40 churches and about 400 church members held worship at the site. On the 23rd, last Sunday, the Seoul Metropolitan Government inspected a total of 3,894 churches to verify compliance with the restraining order and discovered a total of 17 churches that celebrated worship at the site. The day the government updated its social distancing to 2.5 steps, 23 more were detected than last week.

Before 19, the Seoul Metropolitan Government issued an order to restrict confinement, such as allowing regular worship and banning other in-person gatherings, such as meals, but it has since increased the intensity of the restriction by allowing only online worship. . Many church members adhere to quarantine rules such as wearing masks and disinfecting hands, but this is because sporadic group infections have continued, mainly in some churches. On the 14th, when the church-initiated group infection started in earnest, the infection occurred in some large churches, such as Sarangjeil church in Seongbuk-gu and Woori Jeil church in Yongin-si, but now, the group infection is also occurring in smaller churches.

Church infection continues … “If you violate group ban, you will be charged”

Online worship takes place at a church in Taean, Chungnam.  Taean-gun.

Online worship takes place at a church in Taean, Chungnam. Taean-gun.

A total of 2006 confirmed cases occurred in Seoul for more than 15 days from 15-30. Among them, 592 confirmed cases related to the Sarangjeil church accounted for 29.5% of the total. Nationally, the number of confirmed cases from the Sarangjeil church exceeded 1,000. The number of confirmed cases related to our First Church was 72, which represents 3.6% of the total. Since then, infections have spread throughout the church, including 28 at Yoido Full Gospel Church, 18 at Gangbuk Full Gospel Church, 41 at Bitgaon Church and Antioch Church in Nowon-gu, and 22 at the Dongjak-gu seminar.

The city of Seoul has a policy to issue a mass ban order for churches where worship is located at the site, and if a confirmed person is confirmed to continue with face-to-face worship afterward, it is policy to file a complaint with Police based on the Infectious Disease Prevention and Management Act (Infectious Disease Prevention Act).

On this day, in addition to Seoul, a church in Ssangchon-dong, Seo-gu, Gwangju, was captured while worshiping with about 100 members gathered. In Busan, 42 of the 1,765 local churches held face-to-face worship. Additionally, Chungnam-do conducted site inspections of 3,113 churches in the region and found 60 sites that violated administrative orders and conducted worship at the site. Chungnam-do plans to initiate legal proceedings after reviewing the evidence at the scene and the statements of the church officials they raped.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has designated the ’10 Million Citizen Stop Week’ from the 30th to the 6th of the following month, and is implementing more detailed guidelines than step 2.5 of government social distancing. At an emergency briefing on the 30th, Seoul Acting Authority Seo Jeong-hyup said: “We must work in the vital quarantine with the resolution of the desperate desperation to ‘abandon our daily routine.’ You can come, ”she warned.

Reporter Heo Jeong-won [email protected]




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