Coronavirus update: South Korea probes church responsible for more than a third of cases, Xinjiang locked down as UK eyes normal life by Christmas – ABC News

South Korea probes church over massive cluster The Shincheonji Church of Jesus was blamed for a major coronavirus outbreak in Daegu, South Korea. (Reuters: Kim Hong-Ji) South Korean prosecutors have questioned the leader of a secretive church sect over accusations it hampered the Government’s anti-virus response after thousands of COVID-19 infections were detected among its members in February and March. Lee Man-hee, the 88-year-old chairman of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, was questioned for about four hours at a district prosecutors’ office in Suwon, south of Seoul, before being sent home after he complained about unspecified health problems, prosecution and…