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In Korea, yesterday (16th), the number of new confirmed persons on the second day did not exceed 100. However, it was confirmed in the metropolitan area that the contagious disease, centered on the church, was inevitable. Corona19 patients in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province and the 'River of Eunhye' church have already reached 50 people.

Reporter Kim Min-jung.

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It is a river church of grace in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, with six confirmed men from pastor's couple to yesterday, starting with a male member in their 30s on the 9th.

Two additional members were confirmed, including 41 members of the church and local residents and family members who had contact with them.

The number of confirmed patients increased to 49.

This is the second largest group infection in the metropolitan area following the Guro Call Center in Seoul with more than 130 people.

It turns out that 46 of the members who had been confirmed, except for one who had not yet been identified, attended the service on the 8th.

As one of the confirmed patients was identified as 60-year-old A, an ambulance officer from the Gangdong Fire Station in Seoul, the Seoul Fire Headquarters quarantined 43 fellow firefighters who contacted Mr. A and quarantined the entire building.

The church uses 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors of the building, and it is known that there were dozens to as many as 100 people in the three-story chapel, a narrow space of 110 square meters, and worshiped.

[Resident in the same building: I remember that I did (worship) from 10:00 to 12:00. You hear the sound and come and go. .]

As a result of examining 135 people who attended the worship service on the 8th and the 1st day of the week, 59 voices were heard, but 36 were reexamined or waiting for results, so the number of confirmed patients could be increased.

Seongnam City is conducting investigations into the movements and contacts of the confirmed people by preventing health authorities, church facilities and surrounding areas and establishing a countermeasure headquarters.