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Sailor aboard 4th U.S. aircraft carrier tests positive for coronavirus

Another crew member has also tested positive, but that person has not been onboard the ship, the officials said. The positive cases comes as the ship is getting ready to deploy.

The USS Theodore Roosevelt is battling the spread of the virus on board, with more than 150 positive Covid-19 cases so far. The ship, which was on a Pacific deployment, is now docked in Guam and has been working to evacuate thousands of sailors and quarantine them in hotel rooms on the island.

The Roosevelt’s commanding officer, Capt. Brett Crozier, was relieved of his duties last week after writing a letter to Navy leaders urging „decisive action“ to remove the „majority of personnel“ from the carrier amid a spike in coronavirus cases on board. The letter subsequently appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Crozier’s hometown paper.

Two other carriers — the USS Ronald Reagan undergoing maintenance in Japan, and the USS Carl Vinson undergoing maintenance in Puget Sound — have also reported positive cases.

Source: politico.com
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