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| − | The '''Roosevelt''' is a U.S. [[aircraft carrier]] which got into the news in late March 2020 after its | + | The '''Roosevelt''' is a U.S. [[aircraft carrier]] which got into the news in late March 2020 after its commander Capt. Brett E. Crozier informed superiors of a Coronavirus outbreak on the ship. |
Two weeks after a port call in Vietnam, the aircraft carrier has stopped in Guam. | Two weeks after a port call in Vietnam, the aircraft carrier has stopped in Guam. | ||
* “We are not at war, and therefore cannot allow a single sailor to perish as a result of this pandemic unnecessarily,” Crozier wrote.<ref> [https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-01/spread-of-covid-19-on-carrier-theodore-roosevelt-is-ongoing-and-accelerating-captain-says Coronavirus spread on aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt is accelerating, captain says] ''Los Angeles Times''</ref> | * “We are not at war, and therefore cannot allow a single sailor to perish as a result of this pandemic unnecessarily,” Crozier wrote.<ref> [https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-01/spread-of-covid-19-on-carrier-theodore-roosevelt-is-ongoing-and-accelerating-captain-says Coronavirus spread on aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt is accelerating, captain says] ''Los Angeles Times''</ref> | ||
Revision as of 15:40, April 1, 2020
The Roosevelt is a U.S. aircraft carrier which got into the news in late March 2020 after its commander Capt. Brett E. Crozier informed superiors of a Coronavirus outbreak on the ship. Two weeks after a port call in Vietnam, the aircraft carrier has stopped in Guam.
- “We are not at war, and therefore cannot allow a single sailor to perish as a result of this pandemic unnecessarily,” Crozier wrote.[1]
- Most of the 5,000 crew members ... will be quarantined in hotel rooms, government officials said Wednesday. Virus Grounds a U.S. Aircraft Carrier as Crew Quarantined in Guam - Wall Street Journal - 4-1-2020