<Anchor> Although the



quarantine authorities have repeatedly urged them to refrain from religious events and religious gatherings, the number of people infected through religious facilities continues to increase.

There are also cases of coronavirus spreading to people around them and their neighborhoods after going to religious events in other regions.



This is reporter Lee Ho-gun.



<Reporter> This



is Sujisanseong Church in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, where 19 additional confirmed cases were found.



The infection that started in church members on the 29th of last month spread to pastors, associate pastors, and students and teachers at affiliated international schools. As members living in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do, were confirmed, additional infections spread across the region.



Yongin City's own count has increased the number of confirmed cases to 132.



In addition, it was revealed that this church violated the quarantine guidelines, such as holding a religious meeting without a mask at the end of last year.



[Baekgungi/Yongin Mayor: (To Sujisanseong Church) has issued an administrative order prohibiting gathering for 15 days, and plans to take fines and accusations according to the Infectious Disease Prevention and Management Act.] A



missionary education facility related to the BTJ Community Center in Sangju, Gyeongbuk, Korea The infection continues to grow.



At the end of last year, more than 2,000 people from across the country gathered at Intercorp Missions' educational events twice a year, and so far, 84 people from Daejeon, 38 people from Wonju, and 49 people from Chungju have been infected with group infections.



Moreover, some visitors are known to systematically avoid testing by turning off their cell phones and sleeping.



[Jeong Hae-gyo/Daejeon City Health and Welfare Bureau Director: There is a spy that (the officials of the Nation Center) gather together to make a (worship) video, send it out, and study while watching the video together.

From that point of view, I am very concerned.] As



Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do, has banned people from the Centers of the Nations from visiting the funeral halls, each local government is responding hard by ordering diagnostic tests and banning gatherings from visitors to the Centers of Nations.



(Video coverage: Park Dong-ryul, video editing: Lee Seung-yeol)