South Korea: the coronavirus in the church

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Employees disinfect the premises of the Christian-inspired “Shincheonji Church of Jesus” sect in Daegu on February 20, 2020. AFP / Yonhap

By: Stéphane Lagarde Follow

A month to the day after the closure of the city of Wuhan in China, the coronavirus arrived in South Korea. Direction Daegu, the fourth city of the country where the majority of the cases of contaminations are for the moment linked to the church of a local Christian sect. A report by Stéphane Lagarde.

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  • coronavirus
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