Two more sailors test positive for coronavirus aboard the USNS Mercy-3 total
Today, 08:11 PM
UPDATED: April 10, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.
Two more sailors have tested positive for the coronavirus aboard the USNS Mercy, a Navy hospital ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles, making for three crew members who have been taken to shore and into isolation.
One crew member tested positive on Thursday, April 9, and another had a confirmed positive test returned on Friday, April 10, said Navy Lt. Joe Pfaff.
The three are being isolated in a military medical facility. Any crew members who had contact the sailors have also been isolated and removed from the ship.
No sail order’ extended by CDC for cruise ship industry during COVID-19 pandemic
The first order was issued on March 14.
By: Scripps National
Posted at 1:00 PM, Apr 10, 2020
and last updated 1:18 PM, Apr 10, 2020
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The CDC said the order would stay in place until one of the following situations occur:
The expiration of the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ declaration that COVID-19 constitutes a public health emergency.
The CDC director rescinds or modifies the order based on specific health or other considerations.
One hundred days from the date of the publication in the Federal Register.
Currently, the CDC said there are about 100 ships at sea off the east, west, and gulf coast with nearly 80,000 crew onboard.
FNC - Ooops, Dr. Siegel saying CV has more strains/mutations than we first thought. Our west coast came from China but NY came from Europe. We didn’t understand there was a European strain. It’s changing all the time.
He went on to say vinegar does nothing to kill it.
Well, there goes the flubros’ vaccine will fix everything theory.
All without firing a shot.