Several army officials are expected to address soldiers on the deadly coronavirus outbreak in the Pentagon briefing room Thursday.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army will give an update on the efforts to contain the deadly coronavirus outbreak in the Pentagon briefing room Thursday.killed nearly 3,350 people and infected roughly 96,800 people around the worldLast month, the U.S. military said a soldier based in South Korea was the first service member to test positive for the new coronavirus, known as COVID-19. Earlier this week, the nation's top military officer, saying its impact within the U.S.
"Right now the overall broad impact to the uniformed U.S. military is very, very minimal. It's not to say that it's zero, but it's very minimal, very few cases diagnosed, etc.," U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Monday during a Pentagon news briefing. "That's not surprising because we have a young demographic, healthy demographic, lots of immunizations, so on and so forth," he said, adding that the department has postponed joint military exercises on the Korean peninsula.The military also said that it's working on a vaccine for the coronavirus with the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The novel strain of coronavirus, which is believed to have originated in Wuhan in China's Hubei province, has roiled markets and led governments to take drastic actions as it rapidly spreads across the globe.
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