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Korea, there are news of a group infection in the military. Fourteen soldiers from the 8th Division of Pocheon, Gyeonggi-do, aka Ottogi, were confirmed. I'm tracking the path of infection, but it was confirmed that a man in his 50s who had just been to the unit had been confirmed after the visit.

Reporter Kim Soo-young.

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is a subordinate unit of the 8th Division of Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, commonly referred to as the'Ottogi Unit'.

There is a lock on the door of the unit. The entire unit was quarantined.

Two soldiers of this unit had symptoms such as fever on the 20th and were diagnosed with Corona19, and both were confirmed.

A total of 50 closely contacted one person was quarantined, and the remaining 170 were held in the unit, followed by a thorough inspection. So far, 14 have been confirmed.

None of the executives commute to work, and they are all soldiers living in the unit.

The number of confirmed patients may increase further when the test results are complete.

On the 16th, it was confirmed that a man in his 50s who lived in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, who visited the military unit, was confirmed, and an epidemiologic investigation is underway.

[Jeongeungyeong / Disease Management Division: closely the vacation or out, or this part of the whole army and the investigation seems to be correct something telling (the infection)

confirm who all came out in the Logistics Support Battalion, four and my other Force As there are many contacts, the possibility of spreading other units cannot be ruled out.

New infections in the military are only six weeks after the 10th of last month.

Due to the nature of the military, which is linked to the community through vacations, outings, and commuting in group life, military authorities have been unable to release tension.