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Fri, 07/24/2009 - 14:32
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Dozens of S. Korean soldiers infected with type-A flu


By Sam Kim
SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Thirty South Korean soldiers serving together at an
Army base north of Seoul have contracted type-A influenza, an official said
Friday.

"They have been quarantined, and we expect the treatment will end in a few days,"
an official at the Ministry of National Defense told reporters.
"It appears they were infected by a fellow soldier who had recently gone on a
furlough," the official said. The base is located in the city of Goyang just
north of the capital.
South Korea runs a 655,000-strong military. The number of type-A flu infections
in South Korea rose to nearly 1,100 this week.
samkim@yna.co.kr
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