United House of Prayer: Charlotte Church Hosts Another Large Gathering Months After Deadly COVID-19 Outbreak

CHARLOTTE (WTVD) – A church in Charlotte that was at the center of a massive COVID-19 outbreak that killed 11 people in October staged another large-scale event on Saturday, the ABC-affiliated WSOC reported.

A WSOC reporter witnessed several cars parked in the parking lot of the United House of Prayer for All (UHOP) as well as people showing up in the church ahead of the event.

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County officials told the church it was a bad time to have a big event. However, leaders of the United House of Prayer told health officials that she would take all necessary precautions and limit the number of people inside the church.

Mecklenburg County Public Health issued the following statement:
“MCPH is aware of the events and has been in conversation with the leadership of UHOP. We explained that now is not the time for this type of event given the extent of the pandemic in our community. all necessary precautions and limitation of the number in the church at any given time. “

On Saturday, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported that more than 3,400 North Carolina residents were in hospital with COVID-19 and 6,892 people were pronounced dead from complications from the virus.

In October, more than 200 people contracted the virus and 11 people died following a week-long summons to church.

The WSOC reports that the rally resulted in the county’s largest COVID-19 outbreak.

Following the October outbreak, health officials in North Carolina issued a bans Charlotte Church from holding in-person meetings for two weeks.