theyre not closed because they had a virus problem here but theyre closed because they had a safety we are saddened to hear of her contracting the virus abrams tweeted alex johnson an american living in daegu with his family told abc news on sunday that daily life has changed for us according to the release the woman visited the camp walker post exchange on feb 12 and 15 a family member of a us service member has been diagnosed with coronavirus officially called covid19 in south korea as the number of cases in that country continues to explode and the us military considers scaling back its exercises with south korean forces due to the virus in a press release on monday us forces korea announced that it had been informed by south koreas centers for disease control and prevention that a military dependent living in daegu had tested positive for covid19 jung yeonjeafp via getty images video taken by johnson showed empty streets and closed restaurants the nation has also seen 11 covid19 related deaths so basically most people in our neighborhood are just staying indoors korean and american military health professionals are now actively conducting contact tracing to determine whether any others may have been exposed the overall risk of covid19 to us military personnel on the korean peninsula is now characterized as high abc news luis martinez conor finnegan and christine theodorou contributed to this report more as coronavirus cases surge worldwide dow plummets 700 points pedestrians wearing face masks walk in front of the daegu branch of the shincheonji church of jesus in the southeastern city of daegu south korea feb 24 2020 and theyre not going out and doing anything everybodys wearing masks and gloves he said the us centers for disease control and prevention cdc also issued its highest travel warning for south korea on monday telling americans to avoid nonessential travel and citing limited access to medical care in areas affected by the virus we pray for her recovery theyre closed because of the virus and if you look at this coffee shop here this says right here corona19 virus johnson said pointing to a sign on the coffee shop window the alerts say that sustained community spread has been reported in south korea meaning people in both countries have been infected with the virus but how or where they became infected is not known and the spread is ongoing its also warned personnel to expect longer wait times possible temperature checks and screening questionnaires at gates to access installations and instructed personnel to limit offinstallation travel in response us forces korea has ordered personnel to limit nonmission essential inperson meetings gatherings and temporary duty travel and assignments it marks the first time a us forces korearelated individual tested positive for the virus the release said as of tuesday more than 975 cases of covid19 had been confirmed in south korea many in the southeastern city