Cheongsong Correctional Officer Tests Positive for COVID-19... Attended Shincheonji Worship and Gatherings

Cheongsong County Office is holding a meeting on COVID-19 countermeasures. Provided by Cheongsong County

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Ju Cheol-in] The first confirmed case has occurred in Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongbuk on the 25th.

Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongbuk announced on the 25th that A (27), a correctional officer at the Gyeongbuk Northern Second Prison, was confirmed as a COVID-19 patient.

A is a member of the Shincheonji Church in Daegu and is currently quarantined at home in Daegu.

A attended worship at the Daegu Shincheonji Church on the 2nd, worship at the Andong Shincheonji Church on the 5th, gatherings with church members at home in Dalseo-gu, Daegu on the 13th and 14th, worship at the Andong Shincheonji Church on the 16th, had a meal at Jinbo Jangteo Dwaeji Gukbap, visited Jinbo Gomadam Chicken on the 17th, visited Jinbo Food Mart in the evening on the 18th, after dinner at Jinbo Yonggung Restaurant on the 19th, visited Daiso Jinbo branch, and stayed at WPC PC room until dawn. Other times were confirmed to have been spent working at the correctional apartment and correctional facility.

A requested a test at Cheongsong-gun Health and Medical Center on the 22nd and received a positive result around 10 p.m. on the 24th.

Earlier, Cheongsong-gun had ordered employees commuting from nearby external areas such as Andong to work from home to prevent the inflow of COVID-19.

As a result of this measure, about 160 out of 500 employees started working from home, but ultimately COVID-19 could not be prevented on this day.

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