Police raid religious group over breach of virus rules
Posted : 2021-02-15 09:43
Updated : 2021-02-15 16:20
Officials from Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency search inside the International Mission headquarters in Daeheung area in Daejeon s Jung District, Feb. 15. Yonhap
Police on Monday raided the headquarters of a local Christian missionary group over suspected violations of antivirus protocols that led to a large outbreak of the coronavirus.
Investigators have been seizing computer hard drives and documents from the International Mission headquarters in Daejeon, 164 kilometers south of Seoul, according to the police.
IM has been blamed for more than 400 cases of the coronavirus at its facilities, including at the IEM School in Daejeon.
New infections bounce back to over 500
Posted : 2021-01-27 11:02
Updated : 2021-01-27 11:02
A woman wearing a face mask to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus poses for pictures at a park in Seoul, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. AP
Korea s daily new coronavirus cases soared over 500 for the first time in 10 days Wednesday as infections at religious educational facilities flared up this week.
The country added 559 more COVID-19 cases, including 516 locally transmitted infections, raising the total caseload to 76,429, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).
The figure was sharply up from 354 on Tuesday and 437 on Monday. The sharp rise in cases of locally transmitted infections came from cluster infections at small private schools run by religious groups in Gwangju, 329 kilometers south of Seoul, and Daejeon, 164 kilometers south of Seoul.