A female member of the Shincheonji cult, who was being actively monitored for possible Coronavirus infection, died after jumping from her apartment.

The Jeollabuk-do and Jeongeup police stations announced on March 10 that a 41-year-old female fell from the 11th floor of her apartment.  

She was included in the list of members of Shincheonji, who recently received two tests for possible coronavirus infection. The results were all negative. An official from Jeollabuk-do stated: “As a member of Shincheonji she was included in the list of people under suspicion of having the coronavirus. We conducted a test and it was negative. She was under active monitoring, and the monitoring period was scheduled to end on the 13th." The police are trying to grasp the exact circumstances of the death.

On the 26th of last month, Jeonbuk-do issued an administrative order to close the Shincheonji facility and prohibit meetings according to the Infectious Disease Prevention Act. Of the 13,270 church members in Shincheonji in the Jeollabuk-do region, 51 have not answered or answered by phone. The city is cooperating with the police to try to discover their location. There were 530 members in Jeonbuk Province who showed symptoms of Corona19, 1 was positive and 502 negative.