<Anchor> The
soldiers of the Cheonghae Unit, who suffered the worst group infection of 82% infection in the same group amid the government's indifference and insensitivity, returned yesterday (20th). Soldiers are being treated in isolation at four facilities. Defense Minister Seo Wook made the sixth public apology since taking office.
This is Kim Tae-hoon, a defense reporter specializing in defense.
<Reporter> An
air tanker of the Air Force disembarks at Seongnam Seoul Airport
It flew from Africa carrying the soldiers of the Munmu the Great in the 34th camp of the Cheonghae Unit, who were collectively infected with Corona 19.
Upon arrival, the soldiers split into 7 ambulances and 17 buses and headed to the treatment facility.
Of the soldiers receiving inpatient treatment in the field, three relatively severely ill were transferred to the Armed Forces Capital Hospital and the remaining 11 to the Armed Forces Daejeon Hospital.
About 80 people were moved to the Life Treatment Center of the Defense Language Academy in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, and 200 people were moved to a treatment facility in the central region.
So far, no soldiers are known to have deteriorated.
President Moon Jae-in said he would humbly accept criticism of the mass infection situation.
[President Moon Jae-in: Our military responded in its own way, but it is difficult to
avoid being
pointed out that it was insufficient and easy in the eyes of the public.]
Defense Minister Seo Wook made the sixth public apology since taking office in September last year.
[Seo Wook/Minister of Defense: I would like to apologize for causing great concern to the members of the Cheonghae Unit, their families, and the people.] The
opposition party is demanding an apology from the president, the dismissal of the defense minister, and even a state investigation. The theory of leadership responsibility is expected to rise.