이라크 건설사 직원 1명 코로나 사망 추가... 근로자 280여명 내일 귀국 예정<br /><br />Another South Korean construction worker has died in Iraq from COVID-19.<br />The South Korean government has sent two military aircraft to bring back construction workers from the virus-hit Middle Eastern nation.<br />Choi Won-jong reports.<br />The rapid spread of COVID-19 in Iraq has South Korean construction workers on alert,... as another South Korean worker died from COVID-19 on Wednesday.<br />Seoul's foreign ministry said this is the third construction worker in Iraq who has died from the virus.<br />The official added that the worker had been in hospital due to symptoms related to COVID-19 since last week.<br />Out of nearly 700 South Korean construction workers at the sites in Iraq, 105 workers arrived back home last week,... and more than 40 were confirmed to have COVID-19.<br />To bring back more South Korean nationals from Iraq, two military planes departed at 7AM, Korea Time on Thursday and headed to a local airport in Iraq.<br />297 workers will be returning to Korea, as well as the body of another worker who died from COVID-19.<br />The workers will be tested at the airport upon their arrival in South Korea on Friday.<br />Those who have COVID-19 will be transferred to a treatment facility,... while those who test negative will be quarantined at a temporary living facility.<br />Medical personnel have been stationed in those temporary living facilities,... and the construction workers' health status will be checked around-the-clock for two weeks.<br />Choi Won-jong, Arirang News.<br />
