Church at centre of South Korea's Covid-19 resurgence says will sue Seoul over contact tracing
SEOUL - The church at the centre of South Korea's coronavirus resurgence has said that it will sue the Seoul Metropolitan Government for enforcing contact tracing.
The latest outbreak among worshippers at the Seoul church is the second-biggest cluster of Covid-19 in Korea - behind Shincheonji's over 5,200 - with at least 739 confirmed cases as of Friday morning. The church is accused of withholding key details and refusing to cooperate with public health officials, with its leaders claiming their freedom to worship is under threat from the new government orders. The government last Tuesday placed a ban on in-person services and gatherings at churches in the Seoul area.
"Singing and chanting may cause respiratory droplets to travel further than talking," said Mr Kwon Jun-wook, the deputy director of the state disease control agency, in a briefing.
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