USFK Cancels Joint Exercise Due to Coronavirus Spread in South Korea

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South Korea and the United States decided to postpone their springtime joint military exercises over growing concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus, their combined command said Thursday.

The two sides had initially planned to stage their computer-simulated combined command post training in March but decided to put it off “until further notice” in light of Seoul’s decision to raise its alert rating to “severe,” the highest level, over COVID-19, according to the Combined Forces Command (CFC).

It is the first time that the allies have decided to modify combined exercises due to health-related issues.

Yonhap

The news of the exercise cancellation comes on top of the fact that USFK employee in Daegu has now come down with the coronavirus as well.