Published : Jan. 29, 2021 - 11:21
This file photo, taken Feb. 26, 2020, shows service members checking the driver of an ambulance for fever near its base in northern Daegu, 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul. (Yonhap)
An Army official stationed in the inter-Korean border city of Hwacheon tested positive for the new coronavirus, the defense ministry said Friday.
The official underwent a virus test after showing symptoms consistent with COVID-19 while on vacation ahead of his planned discharge from the military, according to the ministry.
The latest case raised the total number of infections reported among the military population to 547.
Currently, 170 service members are in isolation in accordance with health authorities' guidelines, and the military has quarantined an additional 4,231 people under stricter antivirus meansuresof its own as a preventive step, according to the ministry.
Nationwide, the country added 469 more COVID-19 cases, including 445 locally transmitted infections, raising the total caseload to 77,395, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). (Yonhap)