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SKOREA-HEALTH-VIRUS-RELIGION

A lawyer of the Sarang Jeil Church holds a press conference on its latest COVID-19 cluster infection near the church in Seoul on August 17, 2020. – Thousands of Protestant church members in Seoul have been asked to quarantine, South Korean authorities said on August 17, as the country battles virus clusters linked to religious groups. A total of 315 cases linked to the Sarang Jeil Church had been confirmed so far, officials said, making it one of the biggest clusters so far, and around 3,400 members of the congregation had been asked to quarantine. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)