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President Lee Man-hee of Shincheonji sent a message to church members to avoid meetings for the time being. As the situation worsened, local governments, including the city of Seoul, closed the Shinchonji Church facility and began emergency prevention.

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President Shin Man-hee, President of Sincheonji, made his first official position.

In a bulletin called `` President's Special Letter, '' which was spread over the Internet, he claimed that the "horse disease case is the devil's attempt to stop the rapid growth of the new world."

He also asked for cooperation from the authorities.

Especially for the time being, I ordered them to avoid meetings and evangelism and education by communication.

It seems to have been conscious of the worsening public opinion caused by the outbreak of massive infections in the Shinchonji Church in Daegu.

In Sincheonji churches in various places including Gangseo-gu, Seoul, emergency measures were carried out with the entire building closed.

[Park Won-soon / Seoul Mayor: In order to block the spread of the community early, we will take the closing action on Shinchonji Church in Seoul.]

Gyeonggi-do also undertook a full-scale survey of its new facility in Tokyo.

In addition to the 17 churches that are open to the public, small groups will be identified for emergency measures and will be closely monitored.

[Lee Jae-myung / Governor of Gyeonggi-do: If you feel that the situation is a little difficult, we are preparing to make an urgent administrative order, such as a forced facility blockage, a ban on assembly, or forced disinfection.]

Gwangju-si, which is known to have nearly 50,000 members, conducted a survey, and Busan and Chungcheongbuk-do also closed local churches and facilities and took measures to prevent them.