Many big Protestant churches in Seoul have still remained reluctant to suspend their Sunday services this coming weekend, raising concerns over possible mass infections of the coronavirus. But some Protestant churches have been moving swiftly to scale back or halt their gatherings in order to join the nationwide effort to prevent further infections. Somang Presbyterian Church, located in the south of the capital city, said earlier it would suspend all public gatherings, including Sunday services. Culture Minister Park Yang Woo on Thursday asked the Protestant Church to cooperate in the government-led preventive measures. "As preemptive measures, it is necessary to suspend, cut down or postpone public events and replace services with online ones."

Source: The Standard February 27, 2020 09:45 UTC