Two More USFK Affiliated People Quarantined for Possible MERS Virus Exposure

Hopefully these two USFK servicemembers under quarantine will eventually test negative for the MERS virus:

U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan said Monday evening that two others in Seoul — a servicemember stationed at K-16 Air Base and the family member of another servicemember stationed at Yongsan — are under quarantine, though neither has shown MERS symptoms and are not contagious. The garrison said USFK health officials are closely monitoring both, and the quarantines are a precautionary measure.

The K-16-based troop is under isolation in off-post quarters, while the family member is under quarantine at on-post quarters.
The three are the first members of the military community acknowledged by USFK to have been tested for MERS since an outbreak of the potentially deadly virus began in South Korea last month, with 150 cases reported as of Monday evening.

Sixteen people have died since the initial patient — a man who had traveled to the Middle East — was diagnosed, Yonhap News Agency has reported.  [Stars & Stripes]

You can read more at the link, but fortunately the USFK servicemember who was quarantined on Camp Humphreys was ultimately found to have tested negative for the virus which was good to hear.