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'Terrified and Trapped' NATION MILITARY FACES River dams break Navy issues new Concert industry in Michigan, forcing guidelines in wake eyes socially mass evacuation of Iran encounters distant shows Page 14 Page 3 Page 16 Online: Get the latest news on the virus outbreak » stripes.com/coronavirus stripes.com Volume 79, No. 24 ©SS 2020 THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2020 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas VIRUS OUTBREAK As restrictions ease, troops in S. Korea find a ‘new normal’ BY KIM GAMEL AND MATTHEW KEELER Stars and Stripes PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — American troops and civilians packed South Korean restaurants and barbershops for the first time in about three months Wednesday after the U.S. military lifted most anti-coronavirus restrictions for bases everywhere but the Seoul area. Soldiers also withdrew from the gates at Camp Humphreys, Camp Casey and bases in the southeastern city of Daegu as the Army ended the need for health questionnaires and temperature checks aimed at preventing the spread of the virus. Life slowly began to return to what the military is calling a “new normal” as the daily count of confirmed cases in South Korea remains low, but “adults- only” establishments like bars and clubs remain off-limits due to continued concern over cluster infections. U.S. Forces Korea, which commands some 28,500 service ‘Terrified and trapped’ members on the divided penin- sula, announced Monday it was lowering its health alert level from Health Protection Condi- BY NIKKI WENTLING called in sick. She later tested positive for the corona- tion Charlie to Bravo beginning Stars and Stripes Paralyzed virus. Brown spent the following two weeks anxious- at 6 a.m. Wednesday for all bases ly monitoring himself for symptoms, afraid he had except Yongsan Garrison and WASHINGTON the virus and could spread it to his other caregivers. others in the surrounding area. rmy veteran Stan Brown, a quadriplegic, veterans Though he tried, he was never able to get tested. The move happened as South relies on seven caregivers for nearly ev- “Your mind goes fairly wild,” Brown said. “I kept Korea has begun to move toward erything, from eating and dressing to run- thinking, ‘Do I have a cough? Am I hot? Do I taste normalcy, even beginning to re- ning errands. struggle A this? Can I smell this?’” open schools on Wednesday. A few weeks ago, when one caregiver showed up to It’s been several weeks since his caregiver tested SEE NORMAL ON PAGE 6 his St. Louis home with a cough, Brown, 72, sent her during positive, and Brown hasn’t shown any symptoms. away and spent the next six hours confined to his bed until his next caregiver arrived for her shift. pandemic However, he’s still anxious, and he plans to remain Not long after that incident, another caregiver SEE PARALYZED ON PAGE 10 Navy swaps Kidd Army veteran Stan Brown, a quadriplegic, relies on a team of seven caregivers, one of whom tested positive for the coronavirus caretaker crew with last month. Brown fears being left alone without help if he were to contract the virus. virus-free sailors Paralyzed Veterans of America Page 8 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, May 21, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Walmart’s online sales surge 74% amid pandemic Military rates Switzerland (Franc) .............................. 0.9654 Euro costs (May 21) ..............................$1.07 Thailand (Baht) ......................................... 31.79 Dollar buys (May 21) ........................€0.8891 Turkey (Lira) ............................................. 6.7937 British pound (May 21) ........................$1.20 Associated Press (Military exchange rates are those At a time when a huge swath of low prices also helped as the un- Japanese yen (May 21) ......................105.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (May 21) ..........1,195.00 stores that sell nonessential mer- employment rate has spiraled Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance NEW YORK — Walmart for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the chandise temporarily shut down, to the high level since the Great Bahrain (Dinar) ....................................... 0.3776 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For emerged as one of the few life- British pound ........................................ $1.2271 Walmart has the advantage of Depression. nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., lines to millions of people as the Canada (Dollar) ...................................... 1.3880 purchasing British pounds in Germany), carrying the items that consum- Walmart also said it’s seeing China (Yuan) ............................................ 7.0965 coronavirus spread, leading to check with your local military banking Denmark (Krone) .................................... 6.7903 ers need during a pandemic. gains in new customers from facility. Commercial rates are interbank surging profit and sales for the Egypt (Pound)....................................... 15.8210 rates provided for reference when buying But unlike its online rivals like across all income brackets. Euro ............................................ $1.0980/0.9107 world’s largest retailer. currency. All figures are foreign currencies Hong Kong (Dollar) ................................ 7.7502 Online sales in the U.S. jumped Amazon, Walmart enjoys an ex- This month, the company to one dollar, except for the British pound, Hungary (Forint) ..................................... 318.93 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, 74% for its fiscal first quarter that tensive network of nearly 5,000 launched Express Delivery, Israel (Shekel) ........................................ 3.5035 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) ended April 30, which captured physical stores and a variety which gets orders to a customer’s Japan (Yen)............................................... 107.54 of delivery and pick-up options home in less than two hours. The Kuwait (Dinar) ........................................ 0.3087 INTEREST RATES the brunt of the pandemic’s out- Norway (Krone) ...................................... 9.9220 break. Same-store sales rose 10% that it ramped up to meet crush- program has been tested in 100 Philippines (Peso) .................................... 50.58 Prime rate ................................................3.25 at U.S. Walmart stores on strong ing demand for essential items, stores since mid-April and will be Poland (Zloty) .............................................. 4.13 Discount rate ..........................................0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) .............................. 3.7564 Federal funds market rate ...................0.05 sales of food, health and wellness from paper towels to canned expanded to nearly 2,000 stores Singapore (Dollar).................................. 1.4142 3-month bill ............................................. 0.12 goods. food. Walmart’s reputation for in the following weeks. South Korea (Won) ............................ 1,225.93 30-year bond ...........................................1.44 WEATHER OUTLOOK THURSDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST THURSDAY IN EUROPE FRIDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 50/47 Kabul 80/51 Seoul 70/58 Baghdad 107/73 Kandahar 90/64 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 73/56 64/59 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 71/56 56/39 63/54 Iwakuni 64/57 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 85/80 Brussels 58/44 Guam 98/81 75/53 Ramstein 69/54 86/82 Lajes, 69/46 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 102/76 96/77 64/61 70/53 64/48 Aviano/ Vicenza 68/55 Naples 73/62 Okinawa Morón 79/71 92/63 Sigonella Rota 70/57 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 101/83 75/59 74/66 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 15 Classified .................. 13 Comics ...................... 17 Crossword ................. 17 Faces ........................ 16 Opinion ................ 18-19 Sports ...................21-24 Thursday, May 21, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY Iran encounters prompt new Navy guidelines BY JON GAMBRELL off flares and ultimately firing warships that have difficulty unilaterally withdrew America that engulfed its response to the Associated Press warning shots to force the vessel in turning quickly, like aircraft from Tehran’s nuclear deal with coronavirus pandemic. In April, away. But offering a specific dis- carriers. world powers in 2018. Last sum- the U.S. accused Iran of conduct- DUBAI, United Arab Emirates tance is new for the Navy. The U.S. Navy has years of mer saw a series of escalating ing “dangerous and harassing” — The U.S. Navy warned Tues- “Our ships are conducting rou- experience with Iranian forces attacks targeting oil tankers and maneuvers near American war- day it will take “lawful defensive tine operations in international getting that close, namely the other sites around the Persian ships in the northern Persian measures” against vessels in the waters wherever international hard-line, paramilitary Revo- Gulf. It reached a crescendo Gulf. Iran also had been sus- Mideast that come within 100 law allows and do not seek con- lutionary Guard. Their armed in January with the U.S. drone pected of briefly seizing a Hong yards of its warships, offering flict,” said Cmdr. Rebecca Re- speedboats routinely cut across strike in Baghdad that killed Ira- Kong-flagged oil tanker just be- specific guidelines after a recent barich, a Bahrain-based 5th Fleet their paths when going through nian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and fore that. close encounter with Iranian ves- spokeswoman. “However, our the Strait of Hormuz, the
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