The Defense Department is still holding the novel coronavirus largely at bay, even as it cancels or scales back exercises and ponders how to cope with the traditional summertime job moves by thousands of servicemembers.
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department is still holding the coronavirus largely at bay, even as it cancels or scales back exercises and ponders how to cope with the traditional summertime job moves by thousands of service members.
Friedrichs attributed the Defense Department’s success — so far — in avoiding any serious outbreaks in part to the military’s relatively young and healthy population, whose symptoms often amount to no more than “a mild cold,” as well as to the department’s constant reinforcement of “common sense” measures like frequent handwashing and checking on the health of one’s peers if they appear unwell.
Story continuesIn late February, the U.S. and South Korean militaries canceled their annual joint training exercises, one of a series of what Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman described as “highly aggressive and effective” steps that Army Gen. Robert Abrams, commander of U.S. Forces Korea, has taken to minimize the risk to his troops in South Korea, which is experiencing one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks outside China.
Meanwhile, Defense Department research facilities, in coordination with other government agencies, are experimenting with “a variety of medications” in the hope of developing an effective treatment for the coronavirus, Friedrichs said. The department is also working to develop better tests for the virus as well as to come up with a vaccine, he said.
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