South Korea reported 284 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, including a U.S. so...
SEOUL - South Korea reported 284 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, including a U.S. soldier, as health authorities prepared to test more than 200,000 members of a church hit hardest by the outbreak.
The U.S. military reported its first case of the coronavirus on Wednesday, in a 23-year-old soldier based in Camp Carroll, about 20 km from Daegu. The camp is also near a disability center that has had its own outbreak of the virus. On Monday, the widow of a former U.S. soldier tested positive for the virus after visiting several bases near Daegu, including Camp Walker.
The U.S. and South Korean militaries have said they are considering scaling back joint training because of mounting concerns about the coronavirus, in one of the first signs of the epidemic’s fallout on global U.S. military activities. Around 80% of the country’s cases - including at the disability center - are linked to the Daegu church, and to a hospital in nearby Cheongdo County, which some church members are believed to have visited.
“Local governments will check whether the believers have respiratory or fever related symptoms and visit their homes to test them.”
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