Pvt. Hector Mercado, 23, of the 25th Transportation Battalion, checks temperatures before allowing people to enter Camp Walker in the coronavirus-hit city of Daegu, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. (Stars and Stripes photo/Kim Gamel)
Military Times: US Forces Korea raises risk level as dependent contracts coronavirus
A widow of a retired soldier living in Daegu, South Korea has contracted the coronavirus, prompting U.S. Forces Korea to raise the risk level for the command from moderate to high.
The widow is the first and so far the only case of an individual with ties to USFK contracting the virus, and no service members affiliated with command have tested positive for the virus yet, USFK said.
USFK commander commander Army Gen. Robert Abrams clarified that the patient was the widow of a retired soldier, amid media reports that a family member of a USFK soldier had tested positive for the virus.
“To be clear, this is a 60+ year old widow of a retired soldier,” Abrams tweeted. “We were saddened to hear of her of contracting the virus. We pray for her recovery.”
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Update: US Military Dependent Tests Positive for Coronavirus in South Korea (Military.com/Stars and Stripes).
WNU Editor: The patient that prompted this raising of the risk level from moderate to high is a widow of a retired soldier living in Daegu, South Korea.
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