Five Confirmed COVID-19 Cases at Pohang-si Hyoja Church... Congregants Attend Service Despite Symptoms

Following 1 case on the 27th, 4 more confirmed... Pohang City sets up screening clinic in church parking lot and conducts full investigation

Screenshot of the homepage of Hyoja Church in Pohang.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] A surge of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has occurred at a church in Pohang City, Gyeongbuk Province, putting health authorities on high alert.

According to Pohang City on the 28th, a person identified as A, affiliated with Hyoja Church in Hyoja-dong, was confirmed positive the day before. This church member showed suspected COVID-19 symptoms such as fever and cough starting from the 20th but was found to have attended the Hyoja Church service on the 21st.

During the epidemiological investigation of the church by health authorities, four more church members tested positive consecutively on the 28th.

Pohang City has set up a temporary screening clinic in the church parking lot on the 27th and is advising church members who visited Hyoja Church between the 6th and 21st to undergo COVID-19 testing.

Meanwhile, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Pohang City has reached 480 (according to Gyeongbuk Province statistics), including the four newly confirmed cases.

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