Usually teeming with thousands of worshippers, the church at the center of South...
DAEGU, South Korea - Usually teeming with thousands of worshippers, the church at the center of South Korea’s largest coronavirus outbreak was shuttered and silent on Friday, surrounded by empty streets.
He was the only one there, he told Reuters - “all of our 9,000 believers are at home.” Staff had already cleaned and disinfected the building twice this week, on Tuesday and Wednesday, he said. Most of those new cases have been traced to a 61-year-old woman who had taken part in services at the church, authorities said. Other cases were linked to a funeral in a hospital attended by several other church members.
“When a service was over, thousands of people in the same black suits would emerge from the exterior top floor staircase and come all the way down to the ground because they only have two elevators,” said a 28-year-old resident who would only give his surname Seong.
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