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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> | ||
| − | * Most of the 5,000 crew members ... will be quarantined in hotel rooms, government officials said Wednesday. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/virus-grounds-a-u-s-aircraft-carrier-as-crew-quarantined-in-guam-11585736476 Virus Grounds a U.S. Aircraft Carrier as Crew Quarantined in Guam] - ''Wall Street Journal'' - 4-1-2020 | + | * Most of the 5,000 crew members ... will be quarantined in hotel rooms, government officials said Wednesday.<ref> [https://www.wsj.com/articles/virus-grounds-a-u-s-aircraft-carrier-as-crew-quarantined-in-guam-11585736476 Virus Grounds a U.S. Aircraft Carrier as Crew Quarantined in Guam] - ''Wall Street Journal'' - 4-1-2020</ref> |
==Source of contamination== | ==Source of contamination== | ||
Revision as of 16:44, April 2, 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.[2]
Source of contamination
About the decision to visit Vietnam, CBS News cited remarks by Admiral John Aquilino, commander of the United States Pacific Fleet:
- The first sailor tested positive 15 days after a port call in Danang, Vietnam. Aquilino defended the decision to go through with that port call saying that at the time, World Health Organization data showed a total of 16 cases of coronavirus in Vietnam. All the cases were in the Hanoi area (north of Danang) and no new cases had been reported within 20 days. Aircraft flew on and off the carrier in the days after the port call, so the virus could have been brought aboard from somewhere other than Vietnam.[3]
Response to virus outbreak
Admiral Aquilino said: We’re taking this extremely seriously, and as this crisis came online there were three things that we have focused all our efforts around:
- Protect the force, that is, our Sailors and their families.
- Do everything possible not to spread the virus - that’s either to the homeland or to our allies and partners.
- I have a mission to maintain warfighting readiness to execute the Navy’s mission.[4]
Evacuation of the ship
There are no plans to remove all sailors from the aircraft carrier. [1] At least 10 percent will remain to tend the nuclear reactors, guard against fires, and so on. [2]
See also
References
- ↑ Coronavirus spread on aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt is accelerating, captain says Los Angeles Times
- ↑ Virus Grounds a U.S. Aircraft Carrier as Crew Quarantined in Guam - Wall Street Journal - 4-1-2020
- ↑ USS Theodore Roosevelt captain calls for immediate removal of sailors over coronavirus outbreak
- ↑ Statement from Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. John Aquilino - U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs - Posted March 31, 2020