Entire Crew Of A Russian Nuclear Submarine Is In Quarantine After COVID-19 Exposure
Personnel from a second sub and a floating workshop are also in quarantine, underscoring the dangers the virus poses to naval forces worldwide.
BY JOSEPH TREVITHICKMARCH 30, 2020
THE WAR ZONE
RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
The entire crew of one of the Russian Navy’s eight Project 949A Oscar II class guided missile submarines is reportedly in quarantine over concerns they may have been exposed to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. This underscores the very serious implications that the rapidly expanding pandemic is almost certain to have on the readiness of military forces around the world, including the U.S. military, as time goes on, something the War Zone has already explored in detail.
B-port, an online Russian news outlet based in the northern port city of Murmansk, was first to report that the crew of the Oscar II class submarine Orel was in quarantine on Mar. 26, 2020. Russian Navy officials made this decision after learning that a civilian contractor who had visited the boat on official business had come into contact with another individual who tested positive for COVID-19
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D.C. mayor issues order telling Washingtonians to stay home
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Bowser issues order telling Washingtonians to stay home, following directives in Md. and Va.
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) issued a formal stay-at-home order Monday afternoon, following similar directives from the governors of Maryland and Virginia. Her office said the new order “reinforces the Mayor’s direction to residents to stay at home except to perform essential activities.”
As in Maryland and Virginia, the D.C. order allows people to leave their homes for essential errands such as grocery shopping, essential travel, some outdoor recreation and to perform business and government functions deemed essential. Individuals who “willfully” violate the order face criminal penalties, including up to 90 days in jail and fines up to $5,000.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/03/30/coronavirus-dc-maryland-virginia-live-updates/