21 Newly Arrived USFK Associated Personnel Test Positive for the Coronavirus
This may seem like a big number, but I believe this just shows USFK’s screening measures for the coronavirus are working as intended:
Fifteen American service members, five family members and one U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) retiree tested positive for the new coronavirus upon arrival in South Korea from the United States over the past few weeks, the USFK said Monday.
Of them, five service members arrived at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, some 70 kilometers south of Seoul, on U.S. government-chartered flights between Nov. 29 and Dec. 19, according to the U.S. military.
Ten other service personnel, five dependents and one USFK retiree arrived on commercial flights at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, it added.
Fourteen of them tested positive on their first mandatory COVID-19 test prior to entering quarantine, and the remainder were confirmed to have contracted the virus on their second mandatory test, according to the USFK.
Yonhap
You can read more at the link, but if USFK was not screening newly arriving personnel so stringently it is likely that the low case numbers USFK has experienced overall would not have happened.
