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Fort Campbell soldier tests positive for COVID-19

This makes it the first confirmed case in a service member at Fort Campbell.

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — A soldier stationed at Fort Campbell has tested positive for coronavirus, making it the first confirmed case of a service member at the installation.

The person is currently isolated at their off-post residence, but is not hospitalized.

Fort Campbell officials and Blanchfield Army Community Hospital have begun contacting those who may have been exposed. Anyone at risk will be directly notified.

Another individual at Fort Campbell had tested positive on March 26. The person who tested positive was a dependent of a military retiree and was in isolation away from the installation.

More than 200 medical personnel from the 531st Hospital Center in Fort Campbell were deployed to New York to help support the state's emergency medical services during the pandemic.

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