Religious facilities have emerged as the epicenter of the spread of Corona 19, as patients with new coronavirus infections (Corona 19) emerge from the Daegu Church of Nam-gu, Shin-gu, Daegu, where 31 patients (61-year-old Korean women) attended.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, 14 additional patients were identified as members of Shinchon Daegu Church, starting with 31 patients yesterday (19th), and an additional 23 patients were reported today.

Within two days, 38 people, including Shinchonji Daegu Church members or contacts who were associated with Patient 31, were exposed to Corona19.

Moreover, there are concerns that more patients will emerge from this church in the future.

This is because it is estimated that more than 1,000 people who stayed at the same time in Shinchonji Daegu Church, where patient 31 participated in the worship service after the onset, were diagnosed.

Patient 31 stayed in the hospital and went out several times. On the 9th and 16th, he participated in Shinchonji Daegu church service once (two times).

Daegu decided that the entire area was a "severe" stage of the crisis warning, and decided to conduct a full survey on corona19 for all members of the Daegu Church.

Furthermore, with the help of Shincheonji Daegu Church, all Shinto members were asked to ban first from going out, wear masks indoors, and quarantine with their families.

This is not the only country where corona 19 patients have been poured out of religious facilities.

In Singapore, where the spread of community infections has become a reality, 26 out of 81 confirmed patients as of April 19.

Due to the nature of the facility where many people gather in a limited space, it is solved because viruses spread easily.

Infections can easily occur at termination facilities such as churches, but churches have not been designated as multi-use facilities.

This is in contrast to the fact that the theater has been designated as a multi-use facility and will provide ventilation and evacuation routes.

Professor Kimmoran of the National Cancer Center, Chairman of the Korean Society for Preventive Medicine, Corona19, said, "There was a major hospital infection during the MERS outbreak in 2015, and there seems to be a lack of lessons on multi-use facilities." Subsequently, we are not designated as a multi-use facility, and we need to review the assignment at this opportunity. ”

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