“If you don’t get tested like this, we’ll be too depressed.”
On the morning of the 28th, at the temporary screening clinic in the parking lot of’Andioc Church’ in Seo-gu, Gwangju, a medical staff, trembling in the cold, said, looking at an empty waiting area. It was a temporary screening clinic established after the Antioch Church, where the outbreak of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) was infected, informed the Seo-gu Health Center in Gwangju that they would undergo a full test, but only about 50 people were tested that day.
Gwangju Antioch Church, 31 infected, 550 people tested
Quarantine authorities identified 240 out of 550 prosecutors
On the morning of the 28th, a temporary screening clinic was built in the parking lot of Antioch Church in Seo-gu, Gwangju, where members of the church can undergo Corona 19 testing, but there are few members visiting, so officials from the quarantine authorities are shaking in the cold. Freelancer Jeongpil Jang
According to the city of Gwangju, as of 2 pm on the 28th, there were a total of 31 confirmed cases related to the Antioch Church. A member of the church attending the service on Sunday on the 24th was confirmed for the first time, and the number of confirmed cases surged as Corona 19 spread among the church members and their families.
Antioch Church side submitted a list of 550 people who attended four worship services on the 24th to the quarantine authorities. An official from Gwangju City said, “The number of seats in this church is about 2,000, but the exact number of members was not known.” “When the number of members was the most, it reached 1200~1300, but recently it is 700~800, and the list of members who had worshiped on Sunday Is 550 people.”
There are more than 240 members of the church who have been tested by the 28th. Excluding those who visited the temporary screening clinic, more than 190 people collected samples at screening clinics installed at the competent ward offices. All members of the church who had attended the worship also sent a disaster message asking them to undergo examination, but the inspection rate as determined by the quarantine authorities was less than half.
Protest “Why should I be tested?”
A temporary screening clinic installed in the parking lot of Antioch Church in Seo-gu, Gwangju by the quarantine authorities of Gwangju Metropolitan City on the morning of the 28th. News 1
A man who visited a temporary screening clinic in front of the church in Antioch made a violent protest against the medical staff. He said, “Why should I be tested for coronavirus?” “Is it all to the church? “Aren’t there any confirmed cases in department stores or restaurants?”
The medical staff asked the man who protested with the mask on his chin, “Please wear a mask,” but refused, “Why do you ask him to wear a mask?” In some cases, some people who are supposed to be members of the church went to the temporary screening clinic and asked about the examination process.
An official from the quarantine authorities who operated a temporary screening clinic on that day said, “It is not yet in a situation that you will be required to undergo diagnostic tests, but if the test rate is low, I would like to ask if you should be given an administrative order for mandatory tests.
Pastor preaches the no mask
On the 28th, members are being tested for Corona 19 at a temporary screening clinic installed at Antioch Church in Seo-gu, Gwangju. There were 31 corona19 confirmed cases at this church. Freelancer Jeongpil Jang
The epidemiological investigation confirmed that the pastor of Antioch Church, who held the Sunday service on the 24th, preached without wearing a mask. When the number of confirmed cases related to the Gwanghwamun assembly in Seoul increased sharply in August last year, the church was punished for conducting face-to-face worship when Gwangju City issued an administrative order prohibiting worship.
Currently, in-person worship is only allowed up to 20% of the total number of seats. Antioch Church informed the quarantine authorities that about 100 members each attended the Sunday service, which was held four times by time.
Each worship service was conducted with less than 400 people, 20% of the 2000 seats, so the quarantine guidelines were not violated. However, the quarantine authorities are also checking the status of the worship service on Wednesday the 20th and identifying the number of attendees.
Church side “Anonymous prosecutors plus 360 prosecutors”
After the quarantine authorities announced that “out of the 550 test subjects, only 240 were tested,” the Antioch Church announced that “360 people were tested anonymously”. The church claims that more than 120 people were examined anonymously, and 400 people attended the Sunday worship service, excluding those who participated twice.
An official from Gwangju City said, “The number of inspectors identified by the quarantine authorities is 240.” did.
Gwangju Metropolitan City = Reporter Jin Changil [email protected]