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Two more US Navy ships suffer offshore covid-19 outbreaks
There are now more cases of coronavirus outbreaks on two other Navy vessels apart from the USS Theodore Roosevelt where nearly 300 sailors on the aircraft carrier tested positive for the disease.
The US Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, John Hyten confirmed on Thursday that USS Ronald Reagan and the USS Nimitz have as well reported “a small outbreak” of Coronavirus on the vessel.
“But it’s not a huge breakout, it’s not a big spike at this point. There’s been physical separation of sailors on the ships,” he said at a Pentagon briefing.
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Meanwhile, there have been over 500 reported cases of covid-19 in the US Navy with the outbreak on the Roosevelt taking more than half of the figures.
The Navy has been the worst hit among the military branches in the United States since the pandemic started.
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