Chinanews.com, August 21, comprehensive Korean media reported that recently, the new crown epidemic in South Korea's capital area has spread rapidly. The Korean epidemic prevention department believes that the "Love First" church and Gwanghwamun rally in Seongbuk District, Seoul have exacerbated the epidemic in South Korea. On the evening of the 20th local time, the epidemic prevention personnel went to the "Love First" church for transfer, but were obstructed by church personnel.
According to news from the South Korean Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters on the 21st, since August 14th, a total of 1,304 cases of new crown cases have been confirmed in communities in the metropolitan area within 7 days, and the number of new cases in a single day has remained at around 200. There have been clusters of infections in training institutions, restaurants, nurseries and other facilities throughout the metropolitan area, showing a trend of multiple outbreaks.
Data map: Koreans wear masks and undergo temperature testing. Photo by China News Agency reporter Zeng Nai
The epidemic prevention department said that this week was a watershed in determining whether a pandemic in South Korea’s capital area or not, and warned that if the epidemic goes out of control, it will follow in Europe and America. In order to curb the spread of the epidemic, the City of Seoul issued enhanced measures to prevent the epidemic. From 21 to 30, gatherings of more than 10 people in the Seoul area were completely banned, and measures equivalent to the third stage of social distancing were implemented.
On the other hand, South Korea’s “Love First” church had a cluster infection a few days ago. As of 12 noon on the 20th, a total of 676 confirmed cases have been confirmed. The church had only submitted a list of more than 900 believers before. The epidemic prevention authorities considered this list to be incomplete and decided to go directly to the site to obtain an accurate list of believers and the list of participants in the Gwanghwamun assembly for epidemiological investigation.
However, the church asked the epidemic prevention personnel to show a warrant for seizure and search to prevent transfer personnel from entering the church, and the two sides were in a stalemate. Anti-epidemic personnel stated that according to the "Infectious Disease Prevention Law", a search warrant is not required to conduct administrative investigations, but the confrontation between the two sides continued into the night.
On the evening of the 20th, some transfer personnel entered the church, but failed to ensure the list of believers, and left the scene at approximately 3:30 am on the 21st. At present, the epidemic prevention department is discussing whether to go to the Ai First Church again on the 21st to conduct an investigation.