S. Korea starts virus checks on sect members

Thorough effort: Workers spraying disinfectant to ward off Covid-19 at a bus garage in Seoul. — AP

Seoul: More than 200,000 members of a religious sect were being checked for Covid-19 symptoms by South Korean authorities, as US commanders reported the first case among American forces in the country.

Most of South Korea’s cases are linked to the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, an entity often accused of being a cult.