Seoul city seeks $4 million in damages from church over new COVID-19 outbreak

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A fresh wave of infections erupted at a church whose members attended a large protest in downtown Seoul in mid-August, becoming the country's largest cluster in the greater capital area.

SEOUL - The metropolitan government in South Korea's capital Seoul said on Friday it would seek 4.6 billion won in damages against a church for causing the spread of the coronavirus by disrupting tracing and testing efforts.

"The city is seeking to hold the church and the pastor responsible for contributing to the nationwide re-spread of COVID-19 by refusing and hindering epidemiological surveys or aiding and abetting such acts, as well as submitting false materials," it said in a statement. The National Health Insurance Service has also said it will sue the church for indemnity worth 5.5 billion won .

 

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