US soldier in SK with coronavirus

A 23-year-old American soldier stationed in South Korea has become the first U.S. service member to contract the coronavirus, as the SK national government’s attempts to slow the fast-spreading contagion continues to struggle. The soldier, in self-quarantine at his off-base residence, made a trip Feb. 25 to the American military base in Daegu, which has become a major focus in SK’s battle against coronavirus. The soldier is stationed at another U.S. facility nearby. It wasn’t immediately known how the soldier became infected. (Source: Wall Street Journal 02/25/20) He was not identified. https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-soldier-contracts-coronavirus-in-south-korea-as-government-struggles-11582706980 Six cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Texas, according to the CDC, and are quarantined at Lackland AFB in San Antonio. The first case involves a traveler who returned to the U.S. on a State Department-chartered flight from Wuhan City, the epicenter of the outbreak. The others were passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Japan. The individuals will remain isolated at medical facilities until they test negative for COVID-19, and are no longer at risk of spreading it, the Texas Department of State Health Services said.