All Crew Members of Cheonghae Unit Involved in 'Group Infection' Return Home... Arriving on the 20th (Comprehensive)
247 Confirmed Cases Including Cheonghae Unit Commander
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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Hye-seon] All crew members of the 34th Cheonghae Unit's Munmu the Great-class ship (4,400 tons), where a COVID-19 cluster infection occurred, boarded a military transport plane in Africa on the afternoon of the 19th and headed home.
According to military officials, at around 7:25 PM that day, one of the two Air Force multipurpose aerial refueling transport planes (KC-330) departed from an airport in a country adjacent to the African waters where the Cheonghae Unit was docked, heading to Korea. The second plane is scheduled to take off shortly after. The 301 crew members of the 34th Cheonghae Unit reportedly boarded the two transport planes, divided between the first and second planes.
It is also known that all 16 patients who had been hospitalized at a local hospital boarded the transport planes and began their journey home.
Upon arrival at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province on the afternoon of the 20th, all crew members will undergo a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) retest and then be transferred to specialized medical facilities and residential treatment centers.
The previous day, a special mission team of 200 personnel, led by Lee Kyung-gu (Brigadier General), Deputy Director of International Policy at the Ministry of National Defense, dispatched from Korea, completed the handover of the Munmu the Great ship on site.
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According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as of 8 AM that day, out of the 301 crew members of the 34th Cheonghae Unit, a total of 247 were confirmed positive, accounting for 82.1% of the entire crew.
The confirmed cases included the captain and deputy captain of the Munmu the Great ship, and all but one of the approximately 30 officers were infected.
The remaining 50 tested negative, and 4 were reported as 'undetermined.'
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