Gyeongbuk Sangju City Issues Diagnostic Testing and Gathering Ban Administrative Order for Mission Facility BTJ Yeolbang Center

"Visitors Must Undergo Diagnostic Testing by the 8th" ... Fines, Penalties, and Quarantine Costs Charged for Violations

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] On the 3rd, Sangju City in Gyeongbuk issued an administrative order for COVID-19 diagnostic testing and prohibition of gatherings for workers and visitors of the Christian missionary group 'InterCP' at the BTJ World Mission Center in Hwaseo-myeon.

The subjects for diagnostic testing include visitors to the BTJ World Mission Center from November 27 to December 27 of last year, center workers and residents, participants of the Sangju BTJ meetings, and officials of the Sangju branch of the BTJ World Mission Center (the Sangju branch of the InterCP missionary group).

All of them must undergo specimen testing at the Sangju City Health Center screening clinic by 6 PM on the 8th. Additionally, gatherings at the BTJ World Mission Center and the InterCP missionary group’s Sangju branch are prohibited from the 4th until a separate lifting order is issued.

Violations may result in fines or penalties under the Infectious Disease Prevention and Management Act. Those responsible may also be liable for all quarantine costs incurred due to confirmed cases resulting from the violation.

A Sangju City official stated, "We had no choice but to take urgent measures to block cluster infections of COVID-19 occurring in the region," and urged, "Those subject to the administrative order must get tested and comply with the prohibition of gatherings."

Meanwhile, on the 3rd in Chungju, Chungbuk, 15 individuals related to local churches connected to the Sangju BTJ World Mission Center tested positive. In the Chungju area alone, 35 people have been identified as related to the Sangju BTJ World Mission Center since the start of the new year.

The chain infection phenomenon among church members who visited the Sangju BTJ World Mission Center is spreading nationwide, including Ulsan, Daejeon, and Hadong in Gyeongnam, as well as Chungbuk.

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