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Topic: South Korea update/infoPosted By: Newbie1A
Subject: South Korea update/info
Date Posted: February 20 2020 at 8:10pm
I know there's been a couple pieces posted on South Korea and the 'super spreader' but thought this had some interesting bits in it. Again - actions speak louder then words!
South Korean city on high alert as coronavirus cases soar at 'cult' church
“We are in an unprecedented crisis,” Daegu’s mayor, Kwon Young-jin, told reporters.
He ordered the shutdown of all kindergartens and public libraries, according to the news agency Yonhap. Schools in the city were considering postponing the beginning of the spring term scheduled for early March.
Shopping malls and movie theatres were empty and the usually busy city centre streets were quiet. A concert featuring BTS and other K-pop stars that was set for Daegu Stadium on 8 March has been postponed.
The defence ministry banned troops stationed in Daegu from leaving their barracks and receiving guests. The US military imposed similar restrictions on its army base in the city, which houses thousands of troops, family members and civilian employees, curbing travel and closing schools and child care centres.
In what the Korean centre for disease control called a “super spreader” event, almost half of the country’s total of 82 infections have been linked to a 61-year-old woman who worships at the Daegu church, an entity often accused of being a cult. She first developed a fever on 10 February but reportedly twice refused to be tested for the coronavirus on the grounds that she had not recently travelled abroad. She attended at least four services before being diagnosed. So far, 37 other members of the church have been confirmed as infected. Shincheonji claims that its founder, Lee Man-hee, has donned the mantle of Jesus Christ and will take 144,000 people with him to Heaven, body and soul, on the Day of Judgement. Daegu’s municipal government said there were 1,001 Shincheonji members in the city, all of whom had been asked to self-quarantine, with 90 of them currently showing symptoms. Those who have symptoms “will be tested as soon as possible”, Kwon Young-jin said, urging stronger action from the government in Seoul and calling the national response “inadequate”. “We plan to test all believers of that church and have asked them to stay at home isolated from their families.” The situation was “very grave”, South Korean vice health minister Kim Kang-lip said at a separate briefing. Shincheonji said on Thursday that it had closed down all its facilities nationwide.
“We are deeply sorry that because of one of our members, who thought of her condition as a cold because she had not travelled abroad, led to many in our church being infected and thereby caused concern to the local community,” it said in a statement.
Replies: Posted By: FluMom
Date Posted: February 20 2020 at 8:48pm
Where did this lady get the virus if she did not go to China?
Posted By: Gdeb
Date Posted: February 20 2020 at 8:51pm
Same thing I was thinking....it sounds like it’s already been spreading there...
Posted By: FluMom
Date Posted: February 20 2020 at 9:34pm
Dang we get lots of our appliances from SK. It is spreading we just have to keep watching, reporting here, and putting our preps in.
Posted By: KiwiMum
Date Posted: February 20 2020 at 9:43pm
FluMom wrote:
Where did this lady get the virus if she did not go to China?
I think that's the question everyone wants an answer to. And if it can happen to her, perhaps there are others out there just as contagious.
------------- Those who got it wrong, for whatever reason, may feel defensive and retrench into a position that doesn’t accord with the facts.
Posted By: pheasant
Date Posted: February 21 2020 at 1:36am
Have been saying for some time, it's the lag from infection to symptoms.
The guesstimated time ranges up to and beyond 28 days. Even 2 weeks (if accurate) means we are seeing people who were infected 2 weeks ago.
------------- The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself......FDR
Posted By: Pixie
Date Posted: February 21 2020 at 8:07am
Korea reported the nation's second death from the new coronavirus, with the number of confirmed cases surpassing 200, officials said Friday.
The woman in her 50s died at a hospital in the southeastern city of Busan after being transferred from a hospital in a nearby county, where the nation's first COVID-19 fatality was reported the previous day. She was confirmed to be infected and moved to Busan earlier Friday.
Posted By: pheasant
Date Posted: February 21 2020 at 6:23pm
South Korea reports second COVID-19 death, 142 new cases
South Korea reports second COVID-19 death, 142 new cases Tourists in South Korea wearing masks amid coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak Tourists in traditional Korean hanbok dress wear face masks as they visit at Gyeongbokgung palace in Seoul on Jan 30, 2020. (Photo: AFP/Jung Yeon-Je) 22 Feb 2020 09:27AM (Updated: 22 Feb 2020 09:54AM)
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SEOUL: South Korea reported its second death on Saturday (Feb 22) from the novel coronavirus as the number of new cases rose by 142, bringing the nationwide total to 346.
This is the highest number of people infected outside of China. Advertisement
Among the latest cases, 92 were connected to a hospital in Cheongdo, a southern city connected to a religious sect, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
More than 150 members of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus have now been infected, starting with a 61-year-old woman who developed a fever on Feb 10 but attended at least four church services in Daegu before being diagnosed.
South Korea wuhan virus Seoul Metro employees spray disinfectant as part of efforts to prevent the spread of a new virus which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, at a subway station in Seoul on Jan 28, 2020. (Photo: AFP/Yonhap)
Cheongdo, around 27km south of Daegu, is the birthplace of Shincheonji's founder Lee Man-hee. Advertisement
County officials said Friday that a three-day funeral was held for his brother three weeks ago at a hall owned by the hospital, where 92 new cases were confirmed on Saturday morning.
The mayor of Daegu - South Korea's fourth-biggest city, with a population of over 2.5 million - has advised locals to stay indoors, while access to a major US military base in the area has been restricted. Explore our interactive: All the COVID-19 cases in Singapore and the clusters and links between them
The first patient who died from the virus was a long-term patient at a hospital in Cheongdo county. He had shown symptoms of pneumonia, and his status was only established posthumously.
The new coronavirus started in the Chinese city of Wuhan but has since spread to more than 25 countries.
Globally more than 2,000 people have died from the disease and more than 76,000 people have tested positive, the vast majority in China.
Posted By: ME163
Date Posted: February 22 2020 at 4:40am
This looks bad , really bad. We better get prepared. This will reach everyone. Iran and India worry me the most. Turkey also worries me as well as Syria. Areas where the health services are not good. We are prepared as best we can.
Posted By: Usk
Date Posted: February 22 2020 at 6:26am
South Korea reported 229 new confirmed cases on Saturday, as the number of infections more than doubled in a day to 433. Of the total, 231 were linked to a church called Shincheonji in the city of Daegu, while at least 111 -- including four nurses -- were from the psychiatric ward of the hospital in Cheongdo County. The two clusters account for almost 80% of the confirmed cases. Cheongdo, famous for its bull-fighting competition, is a rural town near Daegu. The funeral of the brother of the Shincheonji’s leader took place earlier this month in Cheongdo, and health officials are examining ties between the church and the hospital. Local media reports say the funeral was held in the building that houses the psychiatric ward. Shincheonji, formally known as Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, said on its website that it’s trying to list attendees of the funeral and denied its Chinese followers were part of the crowd at the ceremony. Earlier this week, the disease-control center said an inpatient who died after suffering for a long time with chronic pneumonia was confirmed only after his death to have been infected with the coronavirus. The 63-year-old man had been at the hospital’s mental health unit since late 2017, the KBS broadcaster reported. The second fatality was a patient from the same ward, identified only as a woman born in 1965. She died shortly after being transferred to another hospital in Busan because of a lack of beds, the center said.
Posted By: Pixie
Date Posted: February 22 2020 at 6:59am
Newbie1A post on the 20th.
Daegu’s municipal government said there were 1,001 Shincheonji members in the city, all of whom had been asked to self-quarantine, with 90 of them currently showing symptoms.
Health officials were screening some 9,300 church followers, and said that 1,261 of them have exhibited cough and other symptoms.
Posted By: Pandemic
Date Posted: February 22 2020 at 9:57am
Am I right in thinking that some of the infections are unexplainable, therefore, trace / isolation of suspected cases is incredibly difficult, akin to a needle in a haystack !!!?????
That would be seriously concerning !.
Posted By: Technophobe
Date Posted: February 22 2020 at 10:00am
Nah! Needle in a needle factory! 'Needle in a needle-stack.'
------------- How do you tell if a politician is lying? His lips or pen are moving.
Posted By: Pandemic
Date Posted: February 22 2020 at 10:04am
Yes
Posted By: Pixie
Date Posted: February 25 2020 at 9:47pm
SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) - Cases in South Korea of the new https://www.straitstimes.com/coronavirus" rel="nofollow - coronavirus exceeded 1,000 on Wednesday (Feb 26), reinforcing concerns that the deadly outbreak which began in central China is taking hold on a more global scale.
The country confirmed 169 more coronavirus infections, bringing its total number of cases to 1,146.
A week ago, South Korea had only 51 cases of the virus, which has killed more than 2,700 people in China and other parts of the world.
Posted By: Pixie
Date Posted: February 26 2020 at 6:15pm
SEOUL, Feb 27 (Reuters) - South Korea reported 334 additional cases of the new coronavirus on Thursday, raising the total tally to 1,595, the Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (KCDC) said.
The figure is the largest reported additional cases in the country since its first case was confirmed on Jan. 20.
Of the new cases, 307 were in the southeastern city of Daegu, where a church that was at the centre of the outbreak is located, the KCDC said in its statement. (Reporting by Sangmi Cha)
Posted By: Pixie
Date Posted: February 27 2020 at 5:47pm
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported 256 new coronavirus cases on Friday, bringing the total number of infected in the country to 2,022, the Korea Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention said.
Of the new cases, 182 were in the southeastern city of Daegu, the location of a church at the centre of South Korea’s outbreak, the KCDC said in a statement. The death toll from the virus stood at 13, unchanged from the day earlier.
The coronavirus, which originated in China, has rapidly spread to more than 40 other countries and territories.
KReporting by Sangmi Cha; Editing by Shri Navaratnam
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Posted By: Pixie
Date Posted: February 28 2020 at 2:35am
SEOUL, South Korea — Therewere 28 cases of the coronavirus in South Korea on Feb. 13. Four days had passed without a new confirmed infection. President Moon Jae-in predicted that the outbreak would “disappear before long,” while the prime minister assured people that it was OK not to wear surgical masks outdoors.
As it turns out, the virus had been rapidly spreading at the time through https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/21/world/asia/south-korea-coronavirus-shincheonji.html" rel="nofollow - a large, secretive church in Daegu, where it has since mushroomed into the largest epidemic of the coronavirus outside China, with 2,022 cases, including 13 deaths.
Now the president is facing a political backlash over his response as the number of cases continues to climb — 505 new infections on Thursday alone.
Opposition politicians are seizing on what they call Mr. Moon’s mishandling of the crisis, by not moving quickly to close the country’s borders to China and not supplying enough surgical masks for citizens. The virus is also intensifying existing pressure from the weak economy, which is being made worse by a sharp decline in trade with China, South Korea’s biggest trading partner.
The opposition is vowing to make Mr. Moon’s “incompetence” the top election issue for the April 15 parliamentary polls. And more than one million South Koreans signed https://www1.president.go.kr/petitions/584936" rel="nofollow - an online petition calling for his impeachment.
“If the outbreak doesn’t let up soon, it could spell a disaster for the ruling camp in the coming elections,” said Ahn Byong-jin, an expert on presidential leadership at Kyung Hee University in Seoul. “The current political leadership remains woefully behind in what to do, how to do it and how to communicate with the people at a time of pandemic like this.”
The choices are complicated for South Korea. The virus sprang from China. But much of South Korea’s economy depends on China.
Mr. Moon’s government has been reluctant to close the doors on visitors from mainland China even as 40 countries did, including the United States, andNorth Korea. South Korea has banned travelers only from the Chinese province of Hubei, where the global outbreak started.
To Mr. Moon’s government, banning travelers would not have had a “practical benefit.” To critics, not doing so may have helped the highly infectious pathogen spread, further undercutting the chances for the economic recovery the country craved.
An editorial in the influential conservative daily Chosun Ilbo warned on Wednesday that fighting the outbreak without banning Chinese visitors was “like trying to catch mosquitoes while keeping the windows open.”
The Coronavirus Outbreak
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What is a coronavirus? It is a novel virus named for the crownlike spikes that protrude from its surface. The coronavirus can infect both animals and people and can cause https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-coronavirus.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-coronavirus®ion=MID_MAIN_CONTENT&context=storyline_guide" rel="nofollow - a range of respiratory illnesses from the common cold to more dangerous conditions like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS.
How worried should I be? New outbreaks in Asia, Europe and the Middle East are https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/world/asia/china-coronavirus-world-health-organization.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-coronavirus®ion=MID_MAIN_CONTENT&context=storyline_guide" rel="nofollow - renewing fears of a global pandemic . The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned this week that Americans should brace for the likelihood that the virus https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/health/coronavirus-us.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-coronavirus®ion=MID_MAIN_CONTENT&context=storyline_guide" rel="nofollow - will spread to the United States .
How do I keep myself and others safe? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/health/coronavirus-surgical-masks.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-coronavirus®ion=MID_MAIN_CONTENT&context=storyline_guide" rel="nofollow - Washing your hands frequently is the most important thing you can do, along with staying at home when you’re sick.
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How can I prepare for a possible outbreak? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/health/prepare-for-coronavirus.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-coronavirus®ion=MID_MAIN_CONTENT&context=storyline_guide" rel="nofollow - Keep a 30-day supply of essential medicines. Get a flu shot. Have essential household items on hand. Have a support system in place for elderly family members.
Where has the virus spread? The virus, which originated in Wuhan, China, has sickened more than 80,000 people in https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/asia/china-wuhan-coronavirus-maps.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-coronavirus®ion=MID_MAIN_CONTENT&context=storyline_guide" rel="nofollow - at least 33 countries , including Italy, Iran and South Korea.
How contagious is the virus? According to preliminary research, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/asia/china-coronavirus-contain.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-coronavirus®ion=MID_MAIN_CONTENT&context=storyline_guide?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-coronavirus&variant=show®ion=TOP_BANNER&context=storyline_menu#transmission" rel="nofollow - it seems moderately infectious, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/asia/china-coronavirus-contain.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-coronavirus®ion=MID_MAIN_CONTENT&context=storyline_guide?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-coronavirus&variant=show®ion=TOP_BANNER&context=storyline_menu#transmission" rel="nofollow - similar to SARS , and is probably transmitted through sneezes, coughs and contaminated surfaces. Scientists have estimated that each infected person could spread it to somewhere between 1.5 and 3.5 people without effective containment measures.
Who is working to contain the virus? World Health Organization officials have been working with officials in China, where growth has slowed. But this week, as confirmed cases spiked on two continents, experts warned that the world https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-coronavirus®ion=MID_MAIN_CONTENT&context=storyline_guide?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-coronavirus&variant=show®ion=TOP_BANNER&context=storyline_menu#link-73cf7f7c" rel="nofollow - was not ready for a major outbreak .
Mr. Moon’s political enemies have long accused him of being pro-Chinese or afraid to challenge China’s leader, Xi Jinping. On Feb. 20, when he was on the phone with Mr. Xi, Mr. Moon said that “China’s difficulties are our own difficulties,” according to his office.
A spokesman for Mr. Moon, Kang Min-Seok, noted that no visitor from mainland China had tested positive since South Korea tightened its screening of Chinese arrivals on Feb. 4. He also cited the diminishing number of new Chinese cases outside Hubei.
The opposition is also lashing out at some of the government’s early decisions.
As it was later discovered, members of the https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/21/world/asia/south-korea-coronavirus-shincheonji.html" rel="nofollow - Shincheonji church in Daegu, in the southeast of South Korea, began developing symptoms around Feb. 7-10, days before Mr. Moon said the worst was over. The worshipers continued to attend Sunday services, expectorating and spreading the virus as hundreds of congregants loudly sang and prayed in the tightly seated church.
At the time, the government repeatedly assured people that they did not need to cancel large gatherings. Lee In-young, the majority whip in the National Assembly, urged people to “return fast to normal lives.”
Even when Mr. Moon said that things had “stabilized” on Feb. 13, Jung Eun-kyeong, director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned that it was “still too early to say that the outbreak had plateaued.”
“We will be able to say so much later, only when the number of patients in China drops drastically and the danger of the virus entering our country from there has decreased,” Ms. Jung told reporters that same day. “We have to remain vigilant.”
The government’s optimism faded after a 61-year-old female church member tested positive on Feb. 18, becoming South Korea’s 31st patient. Since then, the cases have skyrocketed, sometimes doubling or tripling in a single day.
The blowback over the crisis represents an ironic reversal for Mr. Moon.
He took power after https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/world/asia/park-geun-hye-impeached-south-korea.html?action=click&contentCollection=Asia%20Pacific&module=RelatedCoverage®ion=EndOfArticle&pgtype=article" rel="nofollow - the impeachment of his conservative predecessor, Park Geun-hye, who lost public trust by mishandling disasters, including https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/10/world/asia/sewol-ferry-accident.html" rel="nofollow - the sinking of the ferry Sewol .
In 2015, when South Korea was hit by https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/world/asia/mers-viruss-path-one-man-many-south-korean-hospitals.html" rel="nofollow - an outbreak of the viral Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS, Mr. Moon, then an opposition leader, called the crisis “a catastrophe spawned by an incompetent government” led by Ms. Park.
“It was the government that has turned out to be a super-spreader,” he said.
South Korea contained https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/18/world/asia/south-korean-hospital-scrutinized-in-mers-outbreak.html" rel="nofollow - the MERS outbreak to 186 patients largely inside hospitals, although 38 people died. It also learned lessons.
Once the new coronavirus took root, South Korean health officials aggressively tracked down and isolated patients, testing over 10,000 people a day. The recent spike in the number of confirmed cases is related in part to that aggressiveness.
Officials also released data quickly. Smartphone applications provided people with real-time updates on places patients had visited and sent users notifications when they approached such locales.
But if the coronavirus appears less lethal than MERS, it has proved far more contagious. As it spread across the country, South Koreans began wondering whether they could trust https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/world/asia/daegu-south-korea-coronavirus.html" rel="nofollow - Mr. Moon’s strategy , which relied essentially on the people’s cooperation and awareness.
While the government has aggressively warned people to take precautions by wearing masks and washing hands, it has tried to keep as much of the economy running as possible.
There was also a political risk in pursuing drastic measures. When the government tried to ban weekend anti-government rallies over health concerns, the participants accused it of political suppression.
As Mr. Moon’s Democratic Party announced a “maximum containment” of Daegu and nearby towns this week, many conservative politicians took that as a decision by South Korea to cordon off its own towns while being spineless toward China. The political blowback was swift, forcing the government to deny any lockdown plan. Hong Ihk-pyo, the party spokesman who announced the maximum containment, resigned.
South Koreans’ anger spiked this week when they learned that some Chinese cities had begun quarantining South Korean visitors upon landing at their airports, while South Korea had notimposed such restrictions on Chinese arrivals.
An online petition to Mr. Moon’s office https://www1.president.go.kr/petitions/584593" rel="nofollow - demanding a ban on Chinese visitors had more than 760,000 supporters.
Others in South Korea focused their ire on the Shincheonji church, which has been branded as a cult by mainstream religions. The church’s practices, like sitting tightly together and aggressively proselytizing, have been cited as factors in the quick spread of the illness. A https://www1.president.go.kr/petitions/585290" rel="nofollow - petition asking the government to forcibly disband the church had more than 920,000 signatories.
“Shincheonji has no right to talk about freedom of religion,” said https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6MChVzsI4Q" rel="nofollow - Rhyu Si-min, a former health minister whose YouTube commentaries are influential among supporters of Mr. Moon. “Through their acts, they have endangered the lives of many citizens.”
Mr. Moon called for the country to join hands together, calling the coming days a “critical period” in determining whether the virus will continue to spread through the country. This week, his government said it would check all 210,000 Shincheonji members across the country for the virus.
Others accused the government of shifting the blame to the church, when its members were also victims of the virus.
“What we have seen so far is a total failure of our disease-prevention system,” said Choi Dae-zip, president of the Korean Medical Association, referring to http://www.kma.org/notice/sub1_view.asp" rel="nofollow - his group’s repeated call for an early ban on Chinese visitors. “The biggest reason for that failure is that the government ignored the very basic principle of disease control, which is blocking the source of infection.”
Posted By: Pixie
Date Posted: February 29 2020 at 5:18am
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2.15rem 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 20px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">South Korea reported 813 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday in what the vice health minister called a "critical moment" in the country's battle against the virus.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2.15rem 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 20px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">The new figures bring South Korea's infected total up to 3,150 — the highest number outside of China, where the virus started. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2.15rem 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 20px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">"We have asked you to refrain from taking part in public events, including a religious gathering or protest, this weekend," vice health minister Kim Kang-lip told a briefing, according to Reuters.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2.15rem 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 20px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">"Please stay at home and refrain from going outside and minimize contact with other people," he added.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2.15rem 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 20px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">17 people have died from coronavirus in South Korea so far.</p><p><br></p>
Posted By: Pixie
Date Posted: February 29 2020 at 5:22am
What's up with posting? Tried 3 times.
Posted By: Pixie
Date Posted: February 29 2020 at 5:33am
South Korea reported 813 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday in what the vice health minister called a "critical moment" in the country's battle against the virus.
The new figures bring South Korea's infected total up to 3,150 — the highest number outside of China, where the virus started.
"We have asked you to refrain from taking part in public events, including a religious gathering or protest, this weekend," vice health minister Kim Kang-lip told a briefing, according to Reuters.
"Please stay at home and refrain from going outside and minimize contact with other people," he added.
17 people have died from coronavirus in South Korea so far.
Posted By: Newbie1A
Date Posted: February 29 2020 at 6:24am
Posted By: WitchMisspelled
Date Posted: February 29 2020 at 6:27am
Pixie, instead of using the reply box, tick "reply" at the above left of that message box.
Posted By: Pixie
Date Posted: February 29 2020 at 4:53pm
Last week we noted an in-depth report by Bloomberg on how a 61-year-old Korean ' https://www.zerohedge.com/health/how-koreas-end-days-coronavirus-patient-sparked-epidemic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; color: rgb(30, 67, 154); - typhoid Mary ' spread coronavirus throughout her doomsday religious cult after praying with at least a thousand other adherents.
"What made this case so much worse was that this person spent a considerable amount of time in a very crowded area," said Seoul National University professor of health policy, Kim Chang-yup. "There’s growing fear and resentment among the people right now."
As a result, over 1,900 members of the Shincheonji Church have been screened for coronavirus, of which 1,551 - or 81%, tested positive according to the BBC's Laura Bicker.
Of note, because the church's leader (who believes he's an immortal prophet sent by Jesus Christ) preaches about the end-of-days, followers have been accused of purposefully spreading the disease - however those reports are unconfirmed and there is no evidence to suggest this is occurring.
What is known is that the church https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/26/church-centre-south-korea-coronavirus-crisis-held-gatherings/" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; color: rgb(30, 67, 154); - held religious gatherings in the Chinese city of Wuhan - the epicenter of the current outbreak.
In short, expect similar results - assuming reports of purposeful infection are false - at similar places of worship around the wor
Posted By: Pixie
Date Posted: February 29 2020 at 5:10pm
Last week we noted an in-depth report by Bloomberg on how a 61-year-old Korean ' https://www.zerohedge.com/health/how-koreas-end-days-coronavirus-patient-sparked-epidemic" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; color: rgb(30, 67, 154); - typhoid Mary ' spread coronavirus throughout her doomsday religious cult after praying with at least a thousand other adherents.
"What made this case so much worse was that this person spent a considerable amount of time in a very crowded area," said Seoul National University professor of health policy, Kim Chang-yup. "There’s growing fear and resentment among the people right now."
As a result, over 1,900 members of the Shincheonji Church have been screened for coronavirus, of which 1,551 - or 81%, tested positive according to the BBC's Laura Bicker.
Of note, because the church's leader (who believes he's an immortal prophet sent by Jesus Christ) preaches about the end-of-days, followers have been accused of purposefully spreading the disease - however those reports are unconfirmed and there is no evidence to suggest this is occurring.
What is known is that the church https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/26/church-centre-south-korea-coronavirus-crisis-held-gatherings/" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; color: rgb(30, 67, 154); - held religious gatherings in the Chinese city of Wuhan - the epicenter of the current outbreak.
In short, expect similar results - assuming reports of purposeful infection are false - at similar places of worship around the world.
Posted By: Pixie
Date Posted: March 01 2020 at 12:58pm
Seoul goverment looking to prosecute the messianic church for spreading coronavirus