Gwangju Reports 44 New COVID-19 Cases on 27th... Mainly Infections at Large Churches and Unauthorized Facilities

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] In Gwangju Metropolitan City, 44 COVID-19 confirmed cases have occurred, mainly centered around large religious facilities.

According to Gwangju City on the 28th, the number of new confirmed cases as of the previous day was 44, classified as Gwangju cases 1636 to 1679.

Among them, a significant number are members of Gwangju Antioch Church, a large church with about 1,500 congregants, marking the realization of a new cluster infection that had not occurred before.

Regarding Gwangju Antioch Church, 20 people were confirmed positive in one day yesterday.

Gwangju Antioch Church is also a church preparing to operate Antioch Trinity CAS, one of the unlicensed educational facilities of IM Missionary Society, where a large-scale cluster infection occurred.

The IM Missionary Society-related educational facilities in the Gwangju area include four locations: TCS Ace International School (Buk-gu Bitnaeri Church), Gwangju TCS International School (Gwangsan-gu Hanmaeum Church), Tikun TCS International School (Nam-gu Gwangmyeong Seohyeon Church), and Antioch Trinity CAS (Seo-gu Antioch Church).

The spread originating from IM Missionary Society also continued.

In tests conducted the previous day, 16 people tested positive, including 15 related to the unlicensed educational facility Gwangju TCS International School and 1 related to TCS Ace International School.

In addition, 8 people were confirmed positive yesterday, including 1 with an unknown infection route and 7 who had contact with existing confirmed cases.

The cumulative number of confirmed cases in the Gwangju area reached 1,679.

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