Esper: More service members, dependents have tested positive for coronavirus

Defense Secretary Mark Esper attends a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 26, 2020. At the Pentagon Thursday, March 12, Esper said six American service members and seven military dependents have confirmed cases of the coronavirus.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper attends a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 26, 2020. At the Pentagon Thursday, March 12, Esper said six American service members and seven military dependents have confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

Esper: More service members, dependents have tested positive for coronavirus

by Caitlin M. Kenney
Stars and Stripes

WASHINGTON — Six American service members and seven military dependents have confirmed cases of the coronavirus, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Thursday at the Pentagon.

At least one service member with a confirmed case has been reported in South Korea; Naples, Italy; Quantico, Va.; and Washington state.

Dependents who have been infected are in South Korea and Washington state, but Esper did not say whether all seven cases are from those two locations.

An airman assigned to Altus Air Force Base, Okla., has tested presumptive positive for the coronavirus, the Air Force announced Thursday afternoon. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a presumptive positive result is when a patient has tested positive by a local public health laboratory, but those results are still pending confirmation at a CDC lab.

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