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View all search resultsLee Man-hee, who founded and heads the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, apologized on Monday and called the epidemic a "great calamity" but refused to be tested by public authorities until a local governor threatened to drag him by force to be tested.
As the virus begins spreading in the west of the country, where the first death was reported Saturday, public health experts warned the US has several characteristics unique among wealthy nations that make it vulnerable.
The secretive South Korean religious group at the centre of the country's new coronavirus outbreak is a sprawling network so wealthy it can mobilise thousands of believers to hold Pyongyang-style mass performances at Seoul's Olympic stadium.