In an extremely bizzare case, a COVID-19 patient away from the hospital he was admitted to.

The man spent 25 hours on the run, before getting caught in Seoul - he escaped from Paju, some 30km away.

Read on with this article from The Korean Herald!

A COVID-19 patient who ran away from a hospital was apprehended in the early hours of Wednesday.

The man, in his 50s, was confirmed to have the coronavirus after attending a service at the Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul.

He was apprehended at about 1:15 a.m. at a coffee shop in Sinchon, Seoul, after running away from the hospital in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, 25 hours earlier.

One of the many cafes in the Sinchon area.

It has been reported that there were about 40 people at the coffee shop when the man was taken into custody.

His motive for running away from the hospital, where he was in isolation and receiving treatment for COVID-19, remains unclear.

The Sarang Jeil Church, led by the controversial pastor Jun Kwang-hoon, is at the center of a resurgence of the virus in Seoul and the surrounding area. Several hundred members of the congregation have been confirmed positive for the virus, including Jun, his wife and his secretary.
 

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