Its been about three weeks since some 25,000 national guardsmen, from multiple states, were in Washington for inauguration security duty. Now that they’ve been making their ways back home, nearly 200 have contracted COVID-19, according to Maj. Gen. William Walker, director of the D.C. Guard. He could not confirm the total numbers that are quarantined, but said close contacts are tested after a guardsman pops positive, with a 14-day isolation in D.C following diagnoses. “I’m deeply troubled by the number,” he told reporters Jan. 25. Nearly 50 percent of the deployed troops have made their ways back home. About 13,000 remain in D.C., but will dwindle to 7,000 by the end of this week, Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, told reporters. (Source: Military Times 01/25/21) https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2021/01/25/nearly-200-national-guardsmen-have-tested-positive-for-covid-19-since-deploying-to-dc/ Gulf Coast Note: Several hundred guardsmen from Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama were among the 25,000 in Washington for inauguration duty. The 200 positive cases have not been identified by name or state.
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