The captain of the American nuclear aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 (“Theodore Roosevelt”), on board recorded outbreak of coronavirus disease, Command requested US naval forces for emergency aid. This is reported by US media.
According to a publication of the newspaper “San Francisco Chronicle”, Captain Brett carrier Crozier wrote a letter to the command of the US Navy, which he has requested urgent assistance in connection with the situation on board. According to the captain, at the moment the number of infected on board already amounted to more than 100 human. Crozier asked to provide the conditions for the isolation of the entire crew of an aircraft carrier, to prevent further infection of coronavirus and deaths due to the deteriorating situation on board ship.
As previously reported “military Review”, 28 March aircraft carrier arrived at the naval base at Apra Guam, where part of the team, in which the disease is confirmed by a coronavirus, It was removed from the ship and placed in quarantine. Then they talked about 25 infected. As follows from the statement of the captain of an aircraft carrier, insulation of the crew did not help and the number of infected has increased to 100 human.
Now Crozier requires isolation of the crew of an aircraft carrier, explaining it by the fact, on board the ship impossible to observe the provisions of the 14-day quarantine to ensure the separation of the crew. He demanded that the crew “Theodore Roosevelt” necessary quarantine facilities at the naval base.
Because of space limitations, inherent warship, we can not provide quarantine. The disease continues and accelerates (…) We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die. If we do not take the necessary action now, we do not take care of our most reliable assets – our sailors
– Brett wrote through.
Recall, that the first cases of infection of coronavirus on board “Theodore Roosevelt” They showed themselves after about two weeks after entering the US Navy ship in the Vietnamese port of Danang.
Meanwhile, it was reported, that on board the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (“Ronald Reagan”), located naval base in Yokosuka (Japan), also documented several cases of coronavirus disease.
