New guidance from the US military says that anyone who has been hospitalized by COVID-19 will be disqualified from enlisting.
New guidance from the US military will bar individuals who have been hospitalized by COVID-19 from enlisting, a defense official told Insider, clarifying the situation after a memo with interim guidance suggesting that anyone who at any point had the virus would be disqualified from military service surfaced online.
The memo stated that all 65 Military Entrance Processing Stations across the country will medically evaluate all potential recruits, who will be required to have their temperature taken and complete a screening survey. A defense official told Insider Thursday that the memo, while real, was"interim guidance" that was updated Wednesday.
The new policy does not apply to individuals who are already members of the military and have contracted the coronavirus, such as the hundreds of sailors aboard the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt who fell ill, sidelining the carrier in Guam.
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