Coronavirus in South Korea. Seoul officials want compensation from the pastor for spreading COVID-19

Seoul officials said they would file a compensation lawsuit of 4.6 billion won (PLN 14.86 million) against a pastor who they believe contributed to the COVID-19 pandemic by holding mass rallies.

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South Korea has managed to contain the surge in infection in February / March, but since then many new outbreaks have been detected in the country. Some of them were associated with conservative religious groups that did not follow the principles of social distancing.

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The capital city says Pastor Dzun Kwang Hun, who heads the Protestant Sarang Jeil Church in northern Seoul, led anti-government protests in August, disregarding anti-epidemic recommendations. Later, Dzun himself was diagnosed with a coronavirus infection.

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“Even by narrowing down the damage to infection in Seoul itself, (the damage – ed.) Caused to the city council, transportation agency, district offices, the state and health insurance companies is estimated at 13.1 billion won (42.3 million – ed.).” – reported the Seoul town hall in a press release.

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This total includes, inter alia, 330 million won (over one million zlotys) of the costs of treating 641 infected patients and 663 million won (2.1 million zlotys), which were allocated to quarantine people who had contact with the Church. Included are also indirect damages, e.g. related to the decline in the number of passengers in public transport, Yonhap reported.

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“Only part of the material damage”

City council spokesman Hwang In Sik said in a press conference that the sum, however, was “only part of the material damage” that the city hall said was caused by the activities of the church and its minister.

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According to officials, Dzun has obstructed epidemiological investigations and provided authorities with false documents about Church members, which has led to an increase in infections in the Seoul metropolitan area. The church and pastor dismiss these accusations and accuse the authorities of failing to successfully contain the pandemic.

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“Medical authorities should compensate citizens and take responsibility for failures to contain a mutant strain of the virus,” church lawyers said in the statement. They also called on the South Korean government. to challenge China, where the first cases of infection were diagnosed.

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Balance of the pandemic in South Korea

South Korean medical services reported 126 new infections on Friday, including 46 in Seoul. Total balance of infections detected in South Korea rose to 22 783. Five more patients have died and the record of deaths has been around since the start of the pandemic 377.

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A total of 1,168 infections detected in the country as of Thursday are related to the activities of the Sarang Jeil Church, and a further 587 are linked to anti-government demonstrations on August 15, according to data from the Korean Centers for Disease Control (KCDC).

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Coronavirus in South Korea. Seoul officials want compensation from the pastor for spreading COVID-19

“Only part of the material damage”

Balance of the pandemic in South Korea

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