One Soldier from Pocheon Military Unit in Group Infection... Confirmed Positive in Seongnam During Leave

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chunhan] Seongnam City, Gyeonggi Province, announced on the 5th that one soldier belonging to an army unit in Pocheon City, where a cluster of COVID-19 cases occurred, tested positive.

The soldier had taken leave before discharge and was placed under self-quarantine starting from the 4th, and underwent a COVID-19 diagnostic test at Bundang-gu Public Health Center.

In the army unit to which this soldier belongs, three soldiers tested positive on the 4th, and during mass testing of about 240 unit members on the 4th and 5th, 33 additional infections were confirmed.

Seongnam City quarantine authorities are investigating the infection route of the confirmed soldier, as well as detailed movement paths and contacts.

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