Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

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SvennoJ said:

South Korea is suddenly shooting up
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/16/world/asia/coronavirus-south-korea-church-sarang-jeil.html

South Korea had battled the epidemic down to two-digit daily caseloads since April. But the number of new cases has soared recently, with 103 on Friday and 166 on Saturday, most of them worshipers at the Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul, the capital, and another church in the surrounding province of Gyeonggi. Health officials in South Korea reported 279 new coronavirus cases on Sunday.

In the past four days, the Sarang ​Jeil Church alone has reported at least ​193 cases among its members and contacts, the Seoul metropolitan government said. President Moon on Sunday warned of a surge in infections in coming days as health officials rush to test thousands of ​church ​members and their contacts. He called the crisis at Sarang Jeil the biggest challenge faced by health officials since the Shincheonji outbreak five months ago.

How's that mega church in California doing :/

Wow. As the first big cluster in South Korea was also connected to a megachurch, I wonder how this influences the future look of Korean towards these cults.