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Corona19 patients are rapidly increasing at Wangseong Church in Gwanak-gu, Seoul. Up to 16 people have been confirmed so far, and 1,700 members of the church are being tested, and it is highly likely that the infection occurred at a church retreat on the 1st and 2nd of a week ago. 

Reporter Ahn Hee-jae reports. 

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Church members are sitting in line in the parking lot of the church and writing a questionnaire.

On the 24th, after the church member, 31-year-old A, was first judged positive, a screening clinic was set up with over 10 confirmed persons.

Church officials said they had shut down the entire facility and guided church members to be inspected immediately after hearing the confirmation.

[Church officials: (Church) closed. Set up a quarantine station and text the members of the church, so don't go to church, work or school for a while.


Mr. A was found to have attended a church retreat in Daebudo on the 19th and 20th after practicing choir with 20 people on the 18th and attended Sunday worship service on the 21st.

Health officials believe that there was a high probability that a group infection had occurred in a training session attended by 16 A, attended by the Sungsung Church.

[Jung Eun-Kyung/Director of Central Defense Countermeasures: Since I had a very close contact for two days and one night, the incidence is higher, and I am still incubating. .] The

staff of the hotel at Seoul Four Seasons Hotel, who attended the service on the 21st, was also confirmed, and part of the hotel was closed, and one teacher, Lee Dae-bugo, was also confirmed.

The quarantine authorities are focusing on obtaining a list of 1,700 members and conducting a thorough inspection to identify Mr. A's first infection.

(Video coverage: Sang-Bo Jung, Ju-Jin Joo, Video editing: Jun-Hee Kim)