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The 5th Emergency ROK Armed Forces Senior Leaders Seminar (November 2020)

COVID-19 in the military and share and analyze the status of confirmed cases at home and abroad as
well as the trend in key government measures. In particular, where a major development related to the
pandemic was made, the "Emergency ROK Armed Forces Senior Leaders Seminar" organized by the
MND and attended by major commanders and heads of agencies was convened to closely monitor the
countermeasures against COVID-19 and reaction posture in all directions.

| Cooperation System with Foreign Countries | The MND COVID-19 Countermeasures Headquarters
communicated with the central and local governments through meetings with the Central Disaster and
Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (CDSCHQ). In addition, to facilitate coordination with health
authorities, government officials and military personnel were dispatched to the CDSCHQ, Central
Accident Investigation Headquarters, and Central Disaster Management Headquarters, thereby
establishing a cooperation network.
Furthermore, the MND continued to consult with civilian, public, and military experts on the response to
COVID-19. In April 2020, a video conference with COVID-19 countermeasure experts involving civilian
epidemics prevention, quarantine, and medical experts was held in April 2020 to forecast the outbreak
trend through an analysis of the pandemic outbreak; in-depth discussion was conducted on the policy
direction of social distancing in the military. In addition, while COVID-19 has spread throughout the
globe, the AFMC led a meeting on international medical cooperation in the military with the US,

Video conference of COVID-19 countermeasure experts ROK–Uzbekistan conference on medical cooperation in the
(April 2020) military (June 2020)

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