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ABCDEFG SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- South Koreas daily new coronavirus cases fell below 1,500 Sunday due to fewer tests over the weekend, but infections in non-metropolitan areas continued to pile up in the summer vacation season. The country added 1,487 COVID-19 cases, including 1,422 local infections, raising the total caseload to 188,848, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). Daily infections fell from 1,629 on Saturday, 1,630 on Friday and a record high of 1...

Members of Cheonghae Unit have strongly dismissed speculation that some of them had deserted their destroyer while it was docked at a port in Africa. In a phone interview on Friday, seven crewmembers, who wanted to remain anonymous, supported the possibility that the virus spread when they were loading various food supplies including poorly packaged vegetables despite the fact that local health authorities stated that infection via food packages is quite low. They cited the fact that the f...

Posted : 2021-07-24 13:38 People queue for a coronavirus test at a testing site in Seoul, July 21. AP-Yonhap Daily new COVID-18 cases remained above 1,600 for Friday, as the authorities struggled to stem the fourth wave of the coronavirus with the extension of the toughest virus curbs in the greater Seoul area. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported 1,629 COVID-19 infections, including 1,573 local ones, raising the total caseload to 187,362. The latest number was down ...

중앙일보 [중앙일보] 국방부가 지난 20일 청해부대 34진 장병들에게 격려품이라며 과자 한 상자를 보냈다. 국방부가 보낸 과자에는 고래밥·미쯔 등 시중에서 파는 과자가 들어 있었다고 한다. [사진=청해부대 34진 장병] 전체 승조원 중 90%가 신종 코로나바이러스 감염증(코로나19)에 걸려 조기 귀환한 청해부대 34진(문무대왕함) 장병들에게 서욱 국방부 장관이 과자 선물을 �...

Their arrival comes less than week since confirmation of the units first COVID-19 patient. Depending on the severity of their symptoms, the crewmembers were sent to two military hospitals and two treatment facilities one military, the other civilian that are reserved for COVID-19 patients. The crewmembers are being tested for the coronavirus again, and those that have tested negative will be transferred to a military facility for quarantine. Defense Minister Suh Wook apologized for the mass in...

Posted : 2021-07-20 12:10 Defense Minister Suh Wook / Yonhap Defense Minister Suh Wook apologized Tuesday for the militarys failure to prevent cluster COVID-19 infections among sailors of the Cheonghae naval unit on an anti-piracy mission in waters off Africa. The apology came a day after virus tests showed that 247, or 82 percent, of the 301-member unit were infected, the worst-ever infection cluster among service members blamed on poor initial responses, such as giving only cold medicine to ...

meaning more than 82-percent of the unit have been infected so far. 50 of them have tested negative, while the results of four members could not be confirmed. So far, 16 have been hospitalized one needs intensive care, the rest are suffering from mild symptoms such as dizziness. The rest of the infected personnel are isolated within their four,400 ton destroyer, Mun Mu the Great. All of the 301 members are expected to return to Korea late Tuesday on the militarys two Multi-Role Transport and T...

"Until now, weve received the test results on 101 service members, and 68 tested positive, with 33 negative," an official of South Koreas Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. To bring back all the unit members home, the government is scheduled to fly two KC-330 Cygnus multi-role aerial tankers there later in the day, the official added. It will be the first team to abort its mission since the unit was established in 2009. The Korean troops are rotated every six months for an anti-piracy mission in...

New virus infections stay in 1,400s for 2nd day on fewer tests Posted : 2021-07-18 10:29 Updated : 2021-07-18 11:10 People wait to get tested for COVID-19 at a testing center near Seoul Station in downtown Seoul, July 18. Yonhap South Koreas daily new coronavirus cases remained in the mid-1,400s for the second day in a row Sunday on fewer tests over the weekend amid concerns about increased cases in non-capital areas, the imminent summer holiday season and the prevalence of the delta variant...