This Time, Yangju County Officials Confirmed with COVID-19
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[Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu, Military Specialist Reporter] The Ministry of National Defense announced on the 22nd that one officer of an Army unit in Yangju, Gyeonggi-do, tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).
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The confirmed case had been in solitary quarantine since the first confirmed case occurred in the unit on the 10th and tested positive in a pre-release test before ending isolation.
Health authorities and military officials are currently conducting an epidemiological investigation. As of this date, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the military is 159, with 11 patients currently undergoing treatment.
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