“I can’t stand smoking”… Corona quarantine soldier crashed while escaping from third floor

Input 2021.01.12 09:03 | Revision 2021.01.12 09:06

A soldier who was classified as a close contact with the coronavirus infection (Corona 19) and was living in quarantine was unable to tolerate smoking and was injured by falling while trying to escape.

According to the military on the 12th, Mr. A, a member of the former army unit in Yeoncheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do, fell down to the first floor through the window on the third floor at the accommodation of a single executive outside the camp at 11:30 pm on the 8th and suffered an ankle fracture. . He was unable to smoke throughout the quarantine period, so he decided to escape to purchase cigarettes himself.

Mr. A connected three blankets, tied the ends together, hung them out of the window, and used them as a rope to descend from the third floor to the ground. However, at the height of the second floor, the knot suddenly loosened and fell and eventually suffered an ankle fracture.

Like Mr. A, there are more than 5,000 soldiers living in quarantine due to confirmed or close contact. On the 11th, the number of isolated people based on health authorities to block the spread of Corona 19 in the military was 247 and 4,889 people based on the military’s own preventive measures. Units that have not secured facilities to accommodate the insults are converting single lodgings outside the unit into quarantine facilities and using them.

Regarding the status of quarantine for soldiers, the Army said, “It is smoke-free indoors because it is temporarily inevitably converted into an quarantine facility, and it was notified and trained in advance to the quarantine personnel.” And snacks, books and videos.”

Regarding the accident, he said, “the soldier is being treated at a military hospital, and if there is any violation of the quarantine order, we will investigate and handle it strictly after treatment.”