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South Korea arrests leader of church with big cluster

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Seoul, South KoreaAP South Korean prosecutors arrested the elderly leader of a secretive religious sect Saturday as part of an investigation into allegations that the church hampered the government’s anti-virus response after thousands of worshippers were infected in February and March. Prosecutors in the central city of Suwaon have been questioning 88-year-old Lee Man-hee, chairman […]

South Korean prosecutors question church leader

Seoul, South KoreaAP South Korean prosecutors on Friday questioned the leader of a secretive church sect over accusations it hampered the government’s anti-virus response after thousands of COVID-19 infections were detected among its members in February and March.  Lee Man-hee, the 88-year-old chairman of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, was questioned for about four hours […]

Coronavirus spreading fast but stigma is more dangerous – WHO

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Geneva, Switzerland/Beijing, ChinaReuters Coronavirus now appears to be spreading much more rapidly outside China than within but can still be contained, and stigma is more dangerous than the disease itself, the World Health Organization said on Monday. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said almost nine times as many cases had been reported outside China as […]