Commander of US Forces Korea Praises KCDC Transparency Highly

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[Asia Economy Reporter Yang Nak-gyu] Robert Abrams, Commander of the United States Forces Korea (USFK), has attracted attention by posting a message praising the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).

On the 17th, Robert Abrams mentioned the confirmed cases of COVID-19 among USFK personnel on Twitter, saying, "This is an example that shows how effective the containment strategy is," and added, "After analyzing our predictive model, Korea will have fewer than 50 confirmed cases on the 17th. We are quite close to this figure."

He continued, "It cannot be overstated how excellent the KDCA is," emphasizing, "The KDCA is open, transparent, and cooperative. They have been tirelessly growing stronger for over a month."

Commander Abrams retweeted a post from the previous day by the Daegu US military base that said, "There are 35 additional confirmed cases in Daegu. We are winning."

He also retweeted a post about the Korean government recommending not to go to work if symptoms appear and to work remotely.

He said, "If we take COVID-19 containment seriously, cultural changes (such as remote work) are essential," and added, "Cultural changes have been crucial to our success in Korea."

Since the ninth confirmed COVID-19 case among USFK personnel on the 10th of this month, no additional cases have been reported. Among the nine confirmed USFK cases, one is a soldier, and eight are family members of personnel or civilian employees.

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