China News Service, March 6. According to a Korean media report, the US Army Command in South Korea said on the 6th local time that a South Korean staff member working in the US Army in South Korea was diagnosed with New Crown Pneumonia. The total number of confirmed cases related to the US Army in South Korea has increased to seven.
It is reported that the patient is a Korean woman working in the US Army in South Korea. Currently under quarantine at Tianan. An epidemiological investigation is being conducted by the Korean Disease Management Division and health experts in the US Army in South Korea.
On February 24, the family member of a US military officer and soldier living in Daegu City was diagnosed with the new crown virus. This was the first military case in the US military in South Korea. On the 26th, a U.S. soldier at the U.S. military base in Gyeongsangbuk-do confirmed the diagnosis, a Korean staff member at the base confirmed the diagnosis on the 28th, and the soldier's wife was confirmed on the 29th and the 26th. On March 5, the families of two US military officers and soldiers living in Daegu City were diagnosed.
The new crown pneumonia epidemic spread rapidly in Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do regions. On February 19th, the U.S. military in South Korea raised the warning level for Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do from Low to Moderate. On the 25th, the warning level for the entire Korean Peninsula was raised to High.