US, South Korea to Begin Military Drills Amid Virus Concern

U.S. soldiers from 2nd Infantry Division hang a South Korean flag on the top of their M1A2 tank during a U.S.-South Korea joint river crossing exercise in the border city of Yeoncheon, northeast of Seoul, on May 30, 2013. Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images

SEOUL—South Korea and the United States will start their annual joint military drills on Tuesday, in what local media said was a two-day delay after a South Korean officer tested positive for the new coronavirus.

The drills will start on Tuesday, “considering the COVID-19 situation,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Sunday.