South Korean Cult Church Leader Claiming To Be Messiah Could Face Coronavirus ‘murder’ Charge

While cases have been identified around the country, it remains the most affected city. A second outbreak was then discovered at a hospital in Cheongdo county. It soon emerged that several of the church’s followers visited the hospital to attend a funeral for Mr Lee’s brother. Shortly afterwards, the church said it had closed all of its 74 sanctuaries in South Korea and told followers to instead watch its services on YouTube. At Shincheonji, attending church-related gatherings "isn’t an option, but a requirement," Ji-il Tark, a professor of religion at Busan Presbyterian University in South Korea, previously told the Associated Press. Mr Tark said Shincheonji followers are more vulnerable to virus infections as they often sit very closely together on the floor during services.

1.26 billion) as added value per year. According to Statista’s analysis of 2018 company revenues report, BTS’ contribution to South Korea corona Korea’s GDP is almost comparable with Korean Air. 4.9 billion which is around 5.6 Trillion won. What many don’t realize is that this is an impressive contribution since no Korean artist has brought such a huge economic effect in South Korea. 49.8 billion). This number will easily surpass the PyeongChang Winter Olympics 2018 which reached 41.6 trillion won.

One physician tested positive for Covid-19 while 13 nurses and 12 nurse aides were infected as of May 5, 2020. Source: Daegu Medical Association. Despite immense pressures on its health care system, how was Daegu able to avoid an epidemic of health care worker infections and deaths? Rather than having individual hospitals operate on their own, given the growing crisis, the city of Daegu and the national government mobilized resources and protocols to reorganize and coordinate the response to the Covid-19 outbreak.