United States Of America Holds Epidemiological Investigation Of Two Military Bases In South Korea

Commander of US Forces Korea (USFK) General Robert Abrams received an injection of the COIVD-19 vaccine at Camp Humphreys on December 29, 2020. (US Forces Korea via koreatimes)

JAKARTA - The United States Armed Forces, through US Forces Korea (USFK), confirmed a positive case of COVID-19 at a US military base in South Korea. The USFK also issued an order to stay put and put restrictions.

This was done at Yongsan Garrison in central Seoul and at Humphreys Camp, Pyeongtaek, south of Soul, which ran from Saturday last week to Tuesday. The United States military base in South Korea is the largest military base belonging to Uncle Sam's overseas country.

Launching koreatimes, the enforcement of this order is related to reports of five new positive cases of COVID-19 at Yongsan Garrison on Friday last week. Four of them are citizens of the United States and a citizen of South Korea.

"Two out of five cases involved members of the United States military, while the other two cases involved US civilian workers and one South Korean worker," USFK explained in its statement.

The five cases are thought to be because those infected interacted with colleagues who were positive for COVID-19 at Yongsan Garrison. Since being identified for the first time on January 5, a total of 25 people in Yongsan Garrison have tested positive for COVID-19.

The total positive cases of COVID-19 related to USFK reached 601 cases. To solve this problem, the United States military through the USFK is conducting an epidemiological investigation into this case, in collaboration with the South Korean health authorities.