Posted : 2021-01-19 21:00
Updated : 2021-01-19 21:08
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kassidy Peters, 51st Medical Group emergency room technician, receives a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Osan Air Base in this photo provided by the U.S. Forces Korea, Dec. 29. / Courtesy of U.S. Forces Korea
Twenty-six American service members and five civilians affiliated with the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) have tested positive for the new coronavirus upon their arrival here over the past few weeks, the U.S. military said Tuesday.
Of them, 13 service members and three family members arrived at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of Seoul, on government-chartered flights, while 13 other service members, one civilian worker and one dependent came here on commercial flights via Incheon International Airport, west of the capital, according to USFK.