US-Korea Joint Military Exercise Participants Postpone Start of New Corona Infection for 2 Days August 16 4:22
The U.S. Army and the South Korean Army planned to conduct a joint military exercise on the assumption of an emergency on the Korean Peninsula from the 16th, but it was found that the participants of the exercise were infected with the new coronavirus, and the exercise started for 2 days. Postponed
A Korean military official postponed the start of the exercise for two days because it was confirmed that some participants were infected with the new coronavirus in the US-Korea joint military exercise scheduled to be held from 16th to 28th this month. It will be carried out from the 18th.
According to the Korean news agency, Union News, it was confirmed that the infected were executives in their twenties of the Korean Army on the 14th.
Testing to date has not confirmed that approximately 70 of the executive's heavy contacts have been infected, but 500 people involved are being tested, and Union News may have more impact. I am.
The U.S. Army and the South Korean Army are conducting joint military exercises assuming spring on the Korean Peninsula every spring and summer, but this spring is abandoned due to the influence of the virus, and this month's exercises will also involve soldiers from the mainland US etc. Was difficult, and the scale was expected to be significantly smaller than usual.
On the other hand, North Korea has repeatedly called for the cancellation of joint military exercises, and it is expected that it will repel the exercises.