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army has stepped up to help solve the shortage of hospital beds and the shortage of manpower.

Special soldiers have been used to support quarantine from today (14th), and three military hospitals in Daegu, Daejeon, and Goyang have been opened to the private sector.



For more details, reporter Hak-Hwi Kim will deliver.



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Mask is the default.

Wear a quarantine suit from head to toe.



These are Army Special Forces personnel who are working to support Corona 19 quarantine.



As the quarantine work was overloaded due to the rapid increase in confirmed cases, the military authorities commissioned 379 special warfare officers to 78 public health centers in the metropolitan area.



Special warriors deployed to the quarantine site will support work such as epidemiological investigations to identify the movement of confirmed persons over the next two months.



[Sergeant Joon-Rak Choi/Special Warfare Asylum Unit: We will actively support the role our military can play to ensure the safety of the people.]



74 medical personnel, including military doctors, were assigned to temporary screening offices in the metropolitan area, and 21 surgeons treated critically ill patients. It is put in sequentially by manpower.



Military hospitals open to the private sector are also increasing.



Currently, only the Armed Forces Capital Hospital is operating 48 critically ill and general hospital beds, but three will be added.



Daejeon and Daegu hospitals are scheduled to be converted to hospitals dedicated to infectious diseases starting this week and next week after facility construction in Goyang-eun to receive civilian patients.



All 465 beds can be utilized.



[Colonel Soon-Young Lee/Dean of Preventive Medicine, Armed Forces Medical Command: We plan to support inpatient treatment for all the people, among them, for mild and moderate patients.]



Defense Minister Seo-wook held an emergency key commander's meeting this afternoon

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He instructed to mobilize all resources, including manpower and facilities, to support.



From the day after the day, the military also decided to send 486 soldiers to the temporary screening office to support administrative work.



(Video coverage: Lee Jae-young, video editing: Lee Seung-jin)