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Authorities surveyed revealed that the church had recently sprayed salt water into the mouths of people who had come to worship. I think I misunderstood that salt water will disinfect, but it seems to have made the virus spread more.

Reporter Han So-hee continues.

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On the 8th, a woman from Seongnam's Grace River Church sprayed a red sprayer into the mouth of a male congregation.

The same atomizer was used a week ago on the 1st.


It is in the CCTV image of the chapel, and the church is disinfecting the mouth of the congregation.

[Lee Hee-young / Gyeonggi-do Emergency Response Co-Director: Because one person kept spraying without spraying or taking other measures… In fact, it's just like direct contact ... .]

It is the so-called 'infodemic' phenomenon in which false information with anxiety spreads infectious diseases, but the explanation of the pastor is absurd.

[Pastor: Salt water This is about 4%, but in folk medicine, it is a fungicide. In the old days, when the SARS flu or the flu was very prevalent, it appeared in the news or ... .]

Even on weekdays, church members visited and went from time to time, especially in the middle of last month, when Corona 19 was spreading for a long time.

It was an event where 60 to 70 church members stayed together in the church for three days and prayed aloud for 10 hours a day.

[Residents of the same building: I usually see meetings from 10 am to 10 am twice a year. (At event) Block the passage and put a desk there.]

The pastor of the church says he apologizes to the Korean community and the church for the mass infection.

(Video coverage: Doowon Yang, Video editing: Junhee Kim)