Five USFK Personnel Test Positive for Coronavirus Over the Past Week
The good news is that none of these cases were community spread and instead from people flying into Korea:
![Members of the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, checking visitors in this file photo dated March 26. [NEWS1]](https://i0.wp.com/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2020/07/06/e28c117f-90a8-4833-afb9-aeff1443089f.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)
Five people affiliated with the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) tested positive for Covid-19 late last week and over the weekend.
Joong Ang Ilbo
Two dependents of USFK service members flew into Incheon International Airport on June 21 from Europe and were transported to Camp Humphreys, where they were tested. Their test results were negative, but they were still kept quarantined for two weeks. Near the end of their quarantine period, they were tested once more and were found to be infected.
One newly assigned service member of the USFK, who arrived at Osan Air Base on July 1 on a U.S. government-chartered flight from Japan, tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival, according to the USFK.
The fourth individual was a USFK contractor, who flew into Incheon airport from the United States on July 2. He tested positive on his first mandatory Covid-19 test.
The fifth individual was a member of the USFK returning from a trip to the United States. He tested positive after arriving at Incheon airport on July 3.
“Since testing positive, all five individuals have been moved to Camp Humphreys’ isolation barracks designated for confirmed Covid-19 cases,” USFK said in its statement on Friday. “USFK health professionals determined there was limited contact […] due to the service members and all others on the commercial and chartered flight being tested and immediately quarantined; thorough cleaning of Camp Humphreys’ quarantine rooms has been completed.”
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