[Breaking] COVID-19 Confirmed in Counselor Visiting 8th Division 'Group Infection'... Transmission Route Unclear
[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] It has been confirmed that a career counselor who visited a subordinate unit of the 8th Division in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, where a cluster infection of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) occurred, tested positive for COVID-19.
While the route of COVID-19 entry into the unit remains unknown, the military and health authorities are conducting an epidemiological investigation without ruling out the possibility that the career counselor was the source of infection.
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According to military officials on the 23rd, Mr. A, a career counselor who visited the subordinate unit of the 8th Division where the cluster infection occurred on the 16th of this month, tested positive for COVID-19 the day before.
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