11 Nonsan Training Center Recruits Confirmed Positive for COVID-19

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[Asia Economy (Nonsan) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Eleven new recruits at the Army Training Center in Nonsan, Chungnam, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

According to health authorities on the 24th, the confirmed cases are among recruits who entered the training center on the 21st. It is understood that a total of about 1,600 recruits entered on the same day.

These recruits were divided between two barracks, and all confirmed cases were found in the same barracks.

The recruits were in a waiting status for two weeks before training began, and the training center explained that there was no contact with recruits who had entered earlier.

However, health authorities are currently tracing the movements of the recruits in the barracks where confirmed cases appeared and classifying close contacts, and they do not completely rule out the possibility of additional confirmed cases.

Meanwhile, the training center plans to send all confirmed cases home and conduct a second round of testing for the remaining recruits one week later.

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