More than 800 crew members of the American aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt have been infected with the coronavirus.
The U.S. Navy reported that the entire crew of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt underwent medical testing, and approximately 18% of them tested positive.
247 - The U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, docked at Guam, has over 800 crew members infected with the coronavirus, while 4.234 of its military personnel have been transferred ashore.
The ship has been docked at the US naval base on Guam Island in the Pacific since March 27. Tests revealed that a total of 840 crew members are carriers of the new coronavirus. Of these, 88 have recovered and 4 are still hospitalized at the Naval Hospital in Guam, but none are in intensive care, the Navy reported on Thursday (23).
The disease outbreak aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt erupted in late March, sparking controversy at the highest levels of the Navy. The carrier's captain, Brett Crozier, who also tested positive, was removed from his post after a letter leaked asking his superiors to take immediate action to help his crew after recording several cases of COVID-19 on board, reports say. Russia Today.