COVID-19 Confirmed Case in Jeungpyeong County Officer, No Contact with Local Residents

Only Stay Within the Base and Dormitory After Returning to the Unit

Wonju City is disinfecting public transportation vehicles on the 21st to prevent external inflow and spread, as concerns about community infection rapidly increase due to the nationwide surge in COVID-19 confirmed cases.

Captain A (31) of a brigade under the Army Special Warfare Command located in Jeungpyeong, Chungbuk, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) on the 21st, was confirmed to have had no contact with Jeungpyeong residents as he stayed only at the unit and his accommodation after returning from Daegu on the 16th.

According to the Jeungpyeong County Public Health Center on the 22nd, the health center, together with epidemiologists from Chungbuk Province, conducted an epidemiological investigation on Officer A, who was confirmed positive for COVID-19 the previous day, and reached this conclusion.

A health center official stated, "After tracking Officer A's movements, it was confirmed that he did not stop by Jeungpyeong when returning to the unit on the 16th, and from then until the early morning of the 21st when the COVID-19 positive diagnosis was made, he stayed only at the accommodation and the unit."

According to the health center, Officer A went out around 10 a.m. on the 16th, went to Daegu where his parents live, met his girlfriend, and returned the same day.

A Jeungpyeong County Public Health Center official added, "After returning to the unit, Officer A mostly stayed alone within the base and his accommodation. He did not go out to Jeungpyeong town and had no contact with residents."

He said, "Based on the epidemiological investigation of Officer A, it seems unlikely that COVID-19 will spread outside the unit."

A Jeungpyeong County official said, "False news is circulating that Officer A used restaurants in Jeungpyeong town after visiting Daegu," adding, "We will inform the accurate facts and strengthen quarantine measures to prevent residents from feeling anxious."

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