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Navy taking the virus seriously
About the decision to visit [[Vietnam]], [[CBS News]] cited remarks by Admiral John Aquilino, commander of the United States Pacific Fleet:
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.<ref> [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-uss-theodore-roosevelt-captain-removal-quarantine-sailors-aircraft-carrier/ USS Theodore Roosevelt captain calls for immediate removal of sailors over coronavirus outbreak]</ref>
* 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.<ref> [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-uss-theodore-roosevelt-captain-removal-quarantine-sailors-aircraft-carrier/ USS Theodore Roosevelt captain calls for immediate removal of sailors over coronavirus outbreak]</ref>
==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.<ref> [https://www.cpf.navy.mil/news.aspx/130583 Statement from Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. John Aquilino] - U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs - Posted March 31, 2020</ref>
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