One Namsudan Hanbit Unit Non-Commissioned Officer Tests Positive for COVID-19
[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] On the 14th, the Ministry of National Defense announced that one non-commissioned officer belonging to the Hanbit Unit dispatched to South Sudan, Africa, tested positive for COVID-19.
This is the fourth confirmed case among Korean troops deployed overseas. The NCO recently performed a mission outside the unit and, upon returning, tested positive in the unit's own test. The diagnosis was confirmed through a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test at a local hospital. Among the nine personnel who carried out the external mission together, only this NCO tested positive, while the remaining eight were confirmed negative.
The Hanbit Unit, affiliated with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), dispatched about 260 soldiers of the 13th contingent last month to carry out reconstruction support missions.
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Previously, three personnel tested positive for COVID-19: two army officers deployed to the Western Brigade of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and one navy officer individually dispatched to the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) in Bahrain.
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