The number of coronavirus cases in Italy has surpassed 100, after 44 new cases were confirmed on Sunday, according to authorities.
"Like a 19th century witch-hunt," says Shincheonji religious group member over coronavirus criticismPicture of the shuttered building in the Dongdaemun neighborhood of Seoul. Ivan Watson/CNN
Outside a shuttered building in Seoul that houses offices and places of worship for Shincheonji, a shopkeeper called the group"heretics" in an interview with CNN. That was the view reflected by a Shincheonji spokesperson in a televised press conference Sunday, who said the religious group's members are the"biggest victims'" of the coronavirus outbreak in South Korea."We are sincerely urging everyone recognize that the Shincheonji Church and its devotees are the biggest victims of COVID-19, and refrain from hate and groundless attack.
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