a spiritual sect with a leader who claims to be the 2d coming of Jesus Christ is on the core of a contemporary spike in South Korean coronavirus infections.
in accordance with the Korea centers for disorder control and Prevention, two-thirds of the country's 204 confirmed instances of the virus had been tied to the Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony. Shincheonji is a religious move with more than 200,000 followers that follows the teachings of its messianic founder Lee Man-hee.
Adherents of the sect agree with that Lee, whom detractors label a cult leader, possesses the capability to locate hidden meanings inner the Bible and that there's a coming apocalypse. Followers of Lee attend crowded mass gatherings for Shincheonji functions, which KCDC director Jung Eun-kyeong pointed out is likely how the disorder has spread so unexpectedly.
during this Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 picture, people wearing protecting gears spray disinfectant in opposition t the coronavirus in front of the Shincheonji church in Daegu, South Korea. South Korea on Friday, Feb. 21, declared a "particular management zone" around a southeastern city the place a surging viral outbreak, generally linked to a church in Daegu, threatens to weigh down the location's health system. (Kim Jun-beom/AP)
Lee referred to as the ailment, formally known as COVID-19, as "a satan's deed to curb the rapid increase of Shincheonji."
South Korean President Moon Jae-in spoke of there could be an investigation right into a Shincheonji church within the city of Daegu and right into a contemporary Shincheonji funeral. There are seventy four Shincheonji churches throughout the country which had been shuttered as a result of the outbreak.
There had been pretty much 77,000 instances of coronavirus globally and greater than 2,200 deaths, most of which have been in mainland China.
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