The outbreak linked to the Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul is the country’s biggest in nearly six months and led to a tightening of social distancing rules on Sunday. South Korea has been one of the world’s coronavirus mitigation success stories but it has nevertheless battled persistent spikes in infections. Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip told reporters earlier the Presbyterian church had provided inaccurate lists of its 4,000 members. “We’re very concerned,” Kim said, dismissing rumours that authorities wanted to round up church members and would record every test as positive regardless of the truth. ‘Obstructing tracing’Jun, 64, took part in a protest on Saturday in defiance of a government order that all church members self-isolate and get tested.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 17, 2020 07:30 UTC