South Korea Posts Surge in Coronavirus Cases Tied to Church
- Total reported virus cases more than double to 82 from 31
- President warns of bigger impact than MERS outbreak in 2015
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Confirmed coronavirus cases in South Korea have more than doubled within a day, with a surge tied to a fringe religious sect whose members may have contracted the virus from a single person.
South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement Thursday that of the 31 new confirmed cases, 24 attended the “same Korean cult” with at least five of them having an “epidemiological link“ to a patient confirmed with the coronavirus earlier this week.