On 6th December 2020, Cheonji Daily (Cheonji Ilbo) published an article, in Korean, entitled "First Case of a Cured Patient in South Korea through New Blood Treatment - 3741 Shincheonji Church Congregants Successfully Complete Blood Plasma Donations." This is a translation.
(Photo) Blood plasma fractionation in progress at GC Pharma (Green Cross), Ochang.
Approved for therapeutic use by GC Pharma (Green Cross), administered to patient in his 70s
Respirator Registered 'Critical' → 'Cured' After Administering Blood Treatment
2040 recovered COVID-19 Shincheonji Church congregants completed their 3rd plasma donation by 4th December
Shincheonji Church: "Blood Donations Will Continue”
[Cheonji Ilbo = Reporter Lee Soo-jeong] A patient in their 70s who was in critical condition as a result of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) received blood treatment and was cured. He finally tested negative.
This is the first global case of a cure following administration of blood treatment. Accordingly, blood therapy is emerging as a new hope for severely ill patients with COVID-19 who have relied solely on drug repurposing because of the lack of a clear treatment.
'Mr. A' (78), who was diagnosed with COVID-19 in September, had been hospitalised at Chilgok Gyeongbuk National University Hospital for treatment. He was given remdesivir and dexamethasone, which are used to treat critically ill patients, but there was no improvement. According to Seoul Economic Daily, his condition deteriorated to the point of having to resort to use of a respirator.
Therefore, as a last resort, medical staff applied to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for approval of the use of a blood plasma drug by GC Pharma (006280) for therapeutic purposes. Approval for therapeutic use is a system that allows the use of clinical trial drugs that have not yet been approved for the treatment of critical patients.
When medical staff administered drug treatment to Mr. A, his body temperature returned to normal, and his oxygen demand decreased significantly. Over about 20 days, Mr. A's condition steadily improved. Eventually, after two months in quarantine, he was released after receiving a final negative test on the 18th November.
COVID-19 blood treatment is concentrated and purified at a high concentration by extracting the plasma of a recovered COVID-19 patient to find an agent that can be used for therapeutic purposes. Therefore, securing the blood plasma of those who have recovered from COVID-19 is of paramount importance to the production of a therapeutic agent.
In this regard, Shincheonji Church of Jesus, The Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (Shincheonji Church of Jesus; Chairman Man Hee Lee) carried out their third group blood plasma donation for the development of blood treatment at Daegu Athletics Promotion Center for three weeks from 16th November - 4th December 2020.
A total of 3639 Shincheonji Church congregants, who recovered after being infected with COVID-19, participated in their third group blood plasma donation. Among them, 2040 donors donated their plasma, excluding those who were unable to do so (1599 people) due to existing health or drug use.
As a result, a total of 3741 Shincheonji Church congregants in Daegu have donated their blood plasma through three group donations, and individual donations. Among them, 1561 (41.7%) congregants who completed two or more plasma donations showed a high participation rate.
The largest donors gave seven times (two congregants) for both group and individual donations. In particular, there was a large number of congregants who participated in plasma donation after suffering the loss of the death of their parents from COVID-19.
In addition, most congregants took annual leave or a half/whole day off work to participate in plasma donation.
32 year old Ms. Young-rae Cho (Nam district, Daegu), who is the biggest plasma donor, said, "I learned that donating blood plasma was necessary while watching the news, so I decided I'd do so whenever the opportunity arose."
She added, “After being infected with COVID-19, I developed health problems that made daily life very difficult, so after receiving outpatient treatment for two months, I told myself there mustn't be more cases like mine.”
Jun-Wook Kwon, Deputy Head of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, visited the blood plasma donation site and encouraged donors, saying, "The blood plasma donation made by believers in Shincheonji Church, who have now recovered from COVID-19, will make an indelible contribution to overcoming this pandemic and, eventually, eradicate it. Their heart and actions will serve as an example to all."
Shincheonji Church of Jesus volunteered to cover their own costs for all medical and logistical operations so that large-scale blood plasma donation could proceed smoothly. In addition, they refused the transportation allowance fee of 200,000-300,000 Korean Won that was eligible to plasma donors.
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Global Media Reports on Shincheonji Church's Blood Plasma Donations
Initial donation by 500 recovered Daegu congregants, July 2020 (video at the end)
Second donation by 1100 recovered Daegu congregants
Third donation by 4000 recovered Daegu congregants
From mid-2020, 231 reports published in 69 countries on intended 4000 donation
Shincheonji Church's official response to all allegations:-
“This is our earnest request: please stop the cursing and hatred towards Shincheonji. And we ask some media outlets that are slandering and suppressing Shincheonji using unconfirmed information and fake news to stop immediately.”
Official Statement by Shincheonji Church
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Further Global News Reports on Shincheonji Church (COVID-19)
Lies regarding the Coronavirus about Shincheonji ì‹ ì²œì§€ (03/03/2020)
Quarantine Official: "Confirmed case of COVID-19 in Daegu had existed before ‘patient 31’" (Daum News 22/03/2020)
Quarantine Official: "Confirmed case of COVID-19 in Daegu had existed before ‘patient 31’" (Naver 22/03/2020)
Shincheonji Church of Jesus in S. Korea Responds To What It Believes Are Erroneous Media Reports (Cision PR Newswire, 01/03/2020) ▶https://prn.to/3hDu3uo
"Shincheonji didn't lie about membership figures." (The Korea Herald 17/03/2020)
'Shincheonji members who survived COVID-19 volunteer en masse to aid vaccine development' (Religion News Service 26/06/2020)▶https://religionnews.com/2020/06/26/shincheonji-members-who-survived-covid-19-volunteer-en-masse-to-aid-vaccine-development/
South Korea church hit by COVID-19 says members to give plasma for research (Today Online 23/06/2020)▶https://bit.ly/3dxDTup
South Korea church hit by COVID-19 says members to give plasma for research (Jakarta Post 24/06/2020)▶https://bit.ly/2CBY5if
Official COVID-19 Response by Shincheonji Church of Jesus
•0307 Chairman Man Hee Lee asks "all congregants to fully cooperate for disease control" in a special announcement
•0302 Statement at Press Conference of Shincheonji Church of Jesus Regarding COVID-19
•0302 Regarding COVID-19 Testing of Chairman Lee, Man-hee of Shincheonji Church of Jesus
•0301 Letter of Appeal to Political Leaders
•0228 Letter of Appeal from Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Regards to COVID-19
•0226 Shincheonji Church of Jesus Provided a List of All Members to Public Health Authorities
•0223 Statement of Shincheonji Church of Jesus Regarding COVID-19
•0222 Over 1000 Shincheonji Church of Jesus Locations Disinfected and Closed Down in Korea
•0221 Shincheonji Church of Jesus Closed Down Its Churches and Affiliated Buildings from 18 Feb
•0220 Statement of Shincheonji Church of Jesus Regarding COVID-19 Countermeasures and Fake News
•0219 Statement of Shincheonji Church of Jesus Regarding the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
•0218 Notice on the Worship Service of Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Regards to COVID-19
COVID-19/Fact Checker: Q&A on Shincheonji Church of Jesus Regarding the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
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500 cured congregation members of Shincheonji Daegu Church Donate Blood Plasma
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