Mass COVID-19 Cases Among Shincheonji Members at Hanmaeum Apartment, Cohort Quarantine Lifted

On the morning of the 8th, a confirmed resident at Hanmaeum Apartment in Dalseo-gu, Daegu, where a cluster of COVID-19 infections occurred, is boarding a bus to the residential treatment center guided by medical staff.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Donghoon Jeong] The cohort quarantine of Hanmaeum Apartment, where a large number of Shincheonji Church members were confirmed positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), has been lifted.

On the 9th, Daegu City announced that it transferred 46 Shincheonji Church members who tested positive for COVID-19 to a living treatment center and lifted the cohort quarantine for all apartment residents. Thirty-eight general residents who were not Shincheonji members were released from self-quarantine.

Although 48 Shincheonji members tested negative, they continue to maintain self-quarantine. Among the 140 residents of the entire apartment complex, 94 were Shincheonji members. The city imposed cohort quarantine on all residents after a surge of confirmed cases in the apartment, but lifted it after transferring all confirmed patients.

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