U.S. Military Stops All Moves of Personnel to and from South Korea
This decision kind of seemed inevitable and it has now in fact happened:
The Army has halted moves to new assignments for troops stationed in South Korea through May in a bid to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, officials said Sunday.
The decision, which was announced a day after the Army unveiled the same measures for troops based in Italy, also affects travel for professional military education in the United States.
Both U.S. allies are in the midst of major outbreaks of the virus, with more than 7,300 confirmed cases in South Korea and nearly 6,000 in Italy.
The Army has ordered a stop for “all Army soldiers and family members moving to or from South Korea or soldiers scheduled to attend professional military education in the United States due to COVID-19 concerns,” U.S. Forces Korea said in a statement.
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I’m surprised it took this long. Next I guess will be same restriction for Italy as they now have more cases than South Korea. We get shipments from Italy (much fewer than normal recently) we now let them sit for a week in a quarantine before we open them.