265 out of 272 Confirmed Cases in Cheonghae Unit Recovered... Returning Home Today

On the afternoon of the 20th, a bus transporting the 34th contingent of the Cheonghae Unit to quarantine and treatment facilities was leaving the main gate of Seoul Airport. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Suhwan] Among the 272 members of the 34th Cheonghae Unit who were confirmed with COVID-19 and isolated in hospitals and facilities, 265 who were declared fully recovered returned home on the 31st.

This was 11 days after they were early repatriated on the 20th by military transport plane due to a COVID-19 cluster infection.

According to the Ministry of National Defense, 265 of the confirmed Cheonghae Unit members were discharged from hospitals or released from facilities on this day based on clinical judgment regarding infection transmission.

They will not return to the unit but will take a one-week rest period either at home (227 people) or at unit facilities (38 people) according to personal preference. However, the Ministry of National Defense stated that since this rest period is a preventive quarantine measure, going out is restricted.

The Ministry of National Defense had previously announced on the 29th that 261 of the confirmed cases were scheduled to be discharged or released on this day, and the remaining 11 required additional medical evaluation, but 4 more were declared fully recovered.

The remaining 7 confirmed cases still have mild symptoms and will continue additional treatment at the Armed Forces Capital Hospital (1 person), Armed Forces Daejeon Hospital (3 people), Defense Language Institute (1 person), and private hospitals (2 people), the Ministry of National Defense said.

Twenty-nine soldiers who tested negative and are quarantined at the naval facility in Jinhae, Gyeongnam, will undergo a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test on the 2nd of next month, and if negative, will be released from quarantine the following day and return to their unit.

Among the 301 total members of the 34th Cheonghae Unit, 272 (90.4%) were confirmed positive; 19 were hospitalized in military hospitals (14 people) and private hospitals (5 people), while the rest were quarantined in civilian life treatment centers (190 people) and the Defense Language Institute (63 people).

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