Contractor on Osan Airbase Tests Positive for Coronavirus
With most of the uniformed servicemembers staying on base, the amount of contractors, DOD civilians, and Korean employees that live off base continue to be the biggest risk of infection:
An American contractor who works at Osan was confirmed to have coronavirus on Saturday, the military said, raising the number of infections affiliated with U.S. Forces Korea to 18.
It is the second case in as many days for Osan, which has gone on partial lockdown to prevent the virus from spreading further. The contractor, who last visited the air base on Wednesday, is in isolation at his off-base residence as directed by South Korean and U.S. military medical personnel, USFK said in a press release Saturday.
Stars & Stripes
You can read more at the link, but only two uniformed personnel have tested positive of the 18 USFK coronavirus cases.
I’m curious although it will never be released are these contractors Korean and are they essential persons?
Totally stinks to be in Korea and stuck on base.. I guess… I really hated the area off-base in upstate NY in the late 1970s… No one liked GIs and everything was more expensive…
Most Korean employees aren’t contractors, first case on Hump was a KSG employee. The latest cases (Hump and Osan) US contractors or spouses of US contractors.
Most have been master classes on ignoring the guidance prior to catching the virus and then what not to do once you have it.