Abstract
On December 31, 2019, the Chinese government officially announced that the country had a single pneumonia case with an unknown cause. In the weeks after, South Korea had 24 confirmed cases by February 8, and the number has increased steadily since then. The highly contagious virus known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infected Case No. 31 in Daegu; she was the first patient related to Sincheonji Church. Later, the number of cases involved with Sincheonji skyrocketed. On March 6, 2020, the number of confirmed cases was 6284, with 42 dead. This study, through collecting epidemiological data about various COVID-19 infection cases, discovered that getting together in large groups leads to mass infection, and that paying close attention to personal hygiene by means of wearing masks, sanitary gloves, etc., can prevent the spread of COVID-19. Additional epidemiological data and related studies on COVID-19 infections in South Korea are likely to support or slightly modify this conclusion. However, this study is significant in that it emphasizes the precautionary principle in preventing and managing infectious diseases, and has a suggestion for public health policies, which are currently in high demand.
Highlights
On December 31, 2019, the Chinese government officially announced that the country had a single pneumonia case with an unknown cause
The South Korean government, using the church member registry of 244,743 members it acquired from Sincheonji headquarters, analyzed the connection between church members and 4212 COVID-19 cases confirmed until March 2
Occurrence Types of COVID-19: Mass Infections Sincheonji Church in Daegu Nationally, 71.7% of the confirmed COVID-19 cases in Korea are verified to be related to mass infections
Summary
On December 31, 2019, the Chinese government officially announced that the country had a single pneumonia case with an unknown cause. The highly contagious virus known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infected Case No 31 in Daegu; she was the first patient related to Sincheonji Church. According to reports containing 41 confirmed cases from the medical teams in Wuhan, China (December 1, 2019 to January 2, 2020), the first patient developed symptoms on December 1, but had never visited the Huanan fish market.[1] Later, on January 7, 2020, the Chinese government reported a new kind of coronavirus as the cause of this pneumonia case and provided information on the virus to researchers around the world.[2] The World Health Organization (WHO) named the virus coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) temporarily, but as the English name is rather long in Korean, the South Korean government decided to call it “Corona 19 (Corona il-gu),” following the opinion of the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.[3]. On February 8, the confirmed cases in South Korea reached 24, and the number of patients is increasing to this day (Table 1).[5] COVID-19, with is strong infectivity, infected Case No 31 in Daegu. As more than 6000 COVID-19 cases were confirmed, the cases of infection became more diverse
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