South Korea has reported 600 new coronavirus cases and three more deaths from the virus, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).

Meanwhile, South Korean health authorities said that the leader of a religious sect has tested negative for coronavirus, after he was taken to a “drive-through” test site late on Monday amid scrutiny over how his church became the center of the outbreak, reported Reuters.

Lee Man-hee, who founded and heads the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, apologised 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.

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