Public health officials said this afternoon that they are investigating how a South Korean soldier became infected with the coronavirus while in Thailand for a military conference.
Contract-tracing efforts are underway after the South Korean national tested positive for COVID-19 at Incheon Airport in South Korea upon returning Sunday from a planning session for next year’s Cobra Gold joint military exercises.
Walairat Chaifoo, a top epidemiologist at the Disease Control Department, said the man entered Thailand on Oct. 17 and stayed in quarantine until Nov. 1. He tested negative twice during that time.
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Walairat said the man stayed on Sukhumvit Road – he did not say which hotel – and is believed to have dined out at a restaurant, the name of which was also withheld. On Nov. 2,…
