An outbreak of a new coronavirus outbreak on a South Korean destroyer off the coast of Somalia in Africa revealed that more than 80% of all 247 people were infected as a result of inspections by all crew members. became.
The Korean government plans to dispatch transport aircraft to the site and return everyone to Japan as soon as possible.
A PCR test was conducted on all 301 crew members after a destroyer dispatched by the South Korean Navy to the Gulf of Aden off Somalia in Africa was infected with the new coronavirus.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff of the South Korean Armed Forces announced on the 19th that the test results of all the members were available, which confirmed that 247 people, or 82% of the total, were infected.
In addition, the other 50 people were negative, and 4 people could not be judged.
The crew of the destroyer, which departed in February, were not vaccinated and many lived in a closed, so-called "three-cs" environment.
The South Korean government plans to return all crew members to Japan as soon as possible, and on the afternoon of the 18th, medical staff and replacement personnel departed for the site on two transport planes.
According to South Korean media, the crew is expected to arrive in South Korea on the afternoon of the 20th if the change is successful.