Outside of China, South Korea is home to the largest number of coronavirus diagnoses in the world. Within a week, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 catapulted from a few dozen to more than 1,000.
Some have been wondering how such a leap could happen in such a short period of time, but as more information comes in, one potential culprit is becoming increasingly likely, according to numerous reports.
Thankfully, researchers with the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been working around the clock to learn more about COVID-19, how to cure it, and how to stop the illness from continuing to spread.
This is an astonishing situation — South Korea has done 35,000+ coronavirus tests. The US has done ~400 and the rollout of testing capability nationwide has been held up by a faulty test. https://t.co/KqZMKsdurD
— carolyn johnson (@Carolynyjohnson) February 25, 2020
In the meantime, though, several journalists and local authorities have invested time into figuring out what exactly might have caused that major spike in COVID-19 cases in South Korea.
One major theory is that a fringe Christian church could have unintentionally spread the illness throughout the Asian country.
The uptick in cases, according to Business Insider, correlates with dozens of diagnoses among the congregants of the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, a branch of the controversial Shincheonji Church of Jesus, which the South Korean government has described as a “cult.”
SOURCE: Faithwire
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