At least 40 US Navy ships have had coronavirus cases on board and 26 are still affected - with 3,578 service members testing positive and two dead
An official said the 26 ships with current cases are in being held in ports or yards
Vessels with cases have not been named; there are no cases on 90 ships at sea
It comes weeks after the captain of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt was fired for pressing the Navy to take greater action to safeguard his crew
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had instructed the U.S. Navy to fire on any Iranian ships that harass it at sea
The United States should focus on saving its military from the coronavirus, an Iranian armed forces spokesman said after Trump’s comments
At least 40 US Navy ships have had coronavirus cases on board, with 26 still affected, according to new reports.
The number of service members to test positive stands at 3,578 as of Wednesday with two deaths.
A Navy official told CNN the 26 ships with current cases are in being held in ports or yards but did not name the vessels in question. There are said to be no reported cases on 90 ships at sea; there are 297 active duty warships.
Ending coronavirus lockdowns will be a dangerous process of trial and error
By Kai KupferschmidtApr. 14, 2020 , 4:10 PM
Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center.
The world is holding its breath.
After the novel coronavirus made its way from China around the world, one country after another adopted harsh measures to stop SARS-CoV-2 from spreading and overwhelming hospitals. They have hit the pause button on their economies and their citizens’ lives, stopping sports events, religious services, and other social gatherings. School closures in 188 countries affect more than 1.5 billion students. Borders are closed and businesses shuttered. While some countries are still seeing daily case numbers increase, others—first in Asia but increasingly in Europe—have managed to bend the curve, slowing the transmission of COVID-19.
But what is the exit strategy? “We’ve managed to get to the life raft,” says epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH). “But I’m really unclear how we will get to the shore.”...