24 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Daejeon... 22 Linked to Seosan Prayer Center

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[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Overnight, 24 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Daejeon. Among them, 22 were found to have visited a prayer center in Seosan.

According to Daejeon City on the 15th, the previous day saw a surge in confirmed cases numbered 626 to 649 in the region.

Notably, 22 of these confirmed cases (numbers 627 to 648) were confirmed to have visited a prayer center in Seosan on the 10th. The Seosan prayer center has recently shown signs of a cluster infection.

Above all, the confirmed cases related to the Seosan prayer center have spread from cities and counties within Chungnam Province adjacent to Seosan to other regions such as Daejeon and Incheon, making it difficult to rule out further spread. In fact, the total number of confirmed cases related to the Seosan prayer center has increased to 102 since the 12th.

Currently, the prayer center is closed, and the quarantine authorities explained that it had been operating as an unregistered facility until now.

Additionally, reflecting the fact that the confirmed cases visited the Seosan prayer center at a time when social distancing was raised to Level 2, the quarantine authorities plan to impose fines on all confirmed cases except for preschool children (numbers 629 to 630).

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