South Korea to test 200,000 members of church at centre of coronavirus outbreak

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Pedestrians wearing face masks walk in front of the Daegu branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in the southeastern city of Daegu on on February 24, 2020. - South Korea reported 161 more coronavirus cases on February 24, taking the nationwide total to 763 and making it the world's largest total outside China.

South Korea also reported its ninth death from the virus, a patient from a hospital in North Gyeongsang Province. “It is essential to test all of the church members in order to contain the spread of the virus and relieve public anxiety,” the office said. The church founder and self-proclaimed messiah, Lee Man-hee, said the church was co-operating with the government to stop the outbreak and beside its members, it would also check people in church training programmes.

On Tuesday, 21 of the 33 cases from the province were confirmed to have come from a residential home for the disabled people in Chilgok County, also near Daegu, traced to a worker there whose mother is a member of the Shincheonji church in Daegu, Governor Lee Cheol-woo said.

It seems, at least in Toronto, people who are showing symptoms are not being tested, even with x-rays that show anomalies in their lungs. Is there a move not to undertake these tests? It would seem absurd after what SARS did to TO.

I knew Shincheonji had 1000s of members, but who knew they have 200000 members? Is this cult really that influential that they can even have educated members who believe their leader is immortal?

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