Now Extending to the Mission Center... Chain Infection from Richway Occurs in Seongnam (Update)

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[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Hee-eun Park] The Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters of Seongnam City, Gyeonggi Province, announced on the morning of the 13th that one additional confirmed case of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has been reported.

According to Seongnam City, confirmed patient A (Seongnam, 26) is a resident of Baekhyeon Village 4 Complex Apartment in Baekhyeon-dong, Bundang-gu, and was confirmed positive on the 13th.

Patient A had contact at the 'Saenorae Mission Center' located in Siheung-dong, Sujeong-gu with a 44-year-old male believer of the 'Church of God' in Hadaewon-dong, Jungwon-gu, who was confirmed positive on the 11th (Jungwon-gu Sangdaewon 2-dong, Seongnam patient number 154).

Seongnam patient number 154 attended a worship service at the Church of God in Hadaewon-dong, Jungwon-gu on the 6th.

The first confirmed case from the Church of God, Seongnam patient number 149, is a salesperson at the door-to-door sales company NBS Partners (Yatap-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam), where a cluster of COVID-19 cases occurred. He had contact with Seoul Gangdong patient number 28, who visited the company on the 30th of last month and the 1st of this month.

Seoul Gangdong patient number 28 had previously visited Richway, a door-to-door sales company in Gwanak-gu, Seoul.

Health authorities estimate that a chain infection occurred in the sequence of 'Richway → NBS Partners → Church of God → Saenorae Mission Center.'

Currently, health authorities are conducting comprehensive testing of 138 believers of the Church of God.

Additionally, the Church of God has announced its intention to switch worship services at 12 churches in the area to online services until the 20th.

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