<Anchor> As the number of
corona19 confirmed in the military base increased, the Ministry of Defense decided to suspend the vacation and going out of former soldiers until the 7th of next month.
At the Yeoncheon Recruitment Education University in Gyeonggi-do, where the trainees were collectively infected, the number of confirmed cases increased to 70.
Reporter Ahn Jung-sik reports.
<Reporter> When
Corona 19 spreads again in the military, the Ministry of Defense decided to control vacation and outings for all soldiers.
The Ministry of National Defense announced that from today to the 7th of next month, all troops will be upgraded to the 2.5 level of'distance within the military' and take measures to control vacation and outing.
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Vacation 'defense were stopped tomorrow, the soldiers and the Golf of civilians also Is controlled.
The military announced that it will implement preemptive and intensive quarantine measures, such as shifting religious activities to online non-face-to-face, and banning the invitation of external lecturers for education and training in principle.
At the Yeoncheon Recruitment Education University in Gyeonggi-do, where group infection occurred, the number of corona19 confirmed continues to increase.
The Ministry of Defense said that as of this morning, 70 people, including 4 executives and 66 trainees, were tested positive for Corona 19.
The military is conducting an in-depth epidemiologic investigation with cooperation from Yeoncheon-gun and the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and there are not a few executives who commute to work or civilians who visited the recruitment training college, so they are keenly aware of whether Corona 19 would spread outside the unit.