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Their arrival comes less than week since confirmation of the unit's 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 infection in the Cheonghae Unit, cited as the biggest outbreak within a single military unit in Sout...

Posted : 2021-07-20 12:10 Defense Minister Suh Wook / Yonhap Defense Minister Suh Wook apologized Tuesday for the military's 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 a sailor who first developed symptoms. The defense ministry also came under fire for excluding the ...

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 military's two Multi-Role Transport and Tanker aircraft. The military has sent some 200 vaccinated personnel from the Navy, Air Force and me...

"Until now, we've received the test results on 101 service members, and 68 tested positive, with 33 negative," an official of South Korea's 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 the Gulf of Aden off Somalia's coast and around the Strait of Hormuz. (Yonhap)  

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 Korea's 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 from India. The country added 1,454 COVID-19 cases, an all-time high for a Sunday, including 1,40...