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Gyeonggi Province requires nearly 140 churches to comply with the anti-Covid-19 regulation, otherwise it will be closed and pay a fine of $ 2,400.
Gyeonggi provincial authorities today made an administrative decision asking churches in the area to make a list of believers, screen people for fever, make sure believers wear masks and stand at least two meters apart when the ceremony comes. March 29. Non-observant churches will be closed and face fines of up to $ 2,400.
Medical workers wearing white protective clothing spraying disinfectant chemicals in the area around Grace River church in Seongnam on March 16 Photo: AFP
The decision came after South Korean health authorities discovered more than 70 new cases of nCoV in connection with a Protestant church in Gyeonggi province and 46 cases at the Grace River church of New Heavenly sect in Seongnam city. , where officials seem to have exacerbated the situation when sharing a saline spray bottle to spray into the mouth to disinfect believers.
"This is an example of misinformation that could increase the risk of nCoV infection. We continue to ask people not to participate in enclosed space gatherings," South Korean Deputy Health Minister Kim Gang- lip said during a brief press conference on March 17 in Seoul.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said more than 80 new cases of nCoV have been recorded in the past 24 hours. South Korea has detected more than 8,300 people infected with nCoV, of which 81 have died and more than 1,400 have recovered.
Deputy Health Minister Kim Gang-lip said more than 40 cases of nCoV in South Korea were related to foreigners or citizens returning from China or some countries in Asia and Europe. South Korea has asked people from China, Italy and Iran to declare their health on smartphones for symptoms such as fever, sore throat or shortness of breath.
President Moon Jae-in expressed optimism about the possibility of Korea successfully controlling Covid-19. However, Deputy Finance Minister Kim Yong-beom warned that the country still faces the unprecedented financial and economic crisis caused by Covid-19.
Covid-19 originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019, now appears in 162 countries and territories, leaving more than 183,000 people infected, more than 7,100 dead. South Korea recorded the fifth highest number of nCoV infections in the world, after China, Italy, Iran and Spain.
