More sailors confirmed ill on Roosevelt carrier- US Navy- 655 total confirmed -1 dead-6 hospitalized - Update: Recovered sailors retesting positive, 1 has TB

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..As of Wednesday, the Navy said 615 sailors from the Roosevelt have tested positive for the virus, and 4,046 have been moved ashore in Guam.

One sailor from the ship died Monday. A second was admitted to an intensive care unit Tuesday for “increased observation due to shortness of breath” and remains there Wednesday.

Four other sailors from the Roosevelt are also being treated at the U.S. Naval Hospital Guam, but are not in intensive care.https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4...or-coronavirus

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..As of Wednesday, the Navy said 615 sailors from the Roosevelt have tested positive for the virus, and 4,046 have been moved ashore in Guam.

One sailor from the ship died Monday. A second was admitted to an intensive care unit Tuesday for “increased observation due to shortness of breath” and remains there Wednesday.

Four other sailors from the Roosevelt are also being treated at the U.S. Naval Hospital Guam, but are not in intensive care.https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4...or-coronavirus

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SECDEF: Majority of Roosevelt sailors with COVID-19 are asymptomatic


Diana Stancy Correll
19 minutes ago
A majority of the sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt who have tested positive for COVID-19 — at least 350 crew members — are asymptomatic, according to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.

“What we’ve found of the 600 or so that have been infected, what’s disconcerting is a majority of those, 350 plus, are asymptomatic,” Esper said in an interview with the “Today Show” on Thursday. “So it has revealed a new dynamic of this virus that it can be carried by normal, healthy people who have no idea whatsoever that they are carrying it.”

“So we’re learning a lesson there, and making sure that we communicate that to our broader force and we take every precaution we can to keep our force healthy and ready,” Esper said.

Despite being sidelined in Guam, the Roosevelt still could head out to sea and perform its “wartime mission” if needed, Esper said. He...https://www.navytimes.com/news/coron...wartime-ready/

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Navy launching investigation into COVID-19 outbreak on Theodore Roosevelt


J.D. Simkins
19 minutes ago
The Navy plans to launch a medical investigation Monday to study the spread of COVID-19 onboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt in an effort to better understand how to stifle future outbreaks, officials said Friday.

With assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Navy medicine is expected to test approximately 1,000 volunteers from TR using nasal swabs, blood samples, and questionnaires, according to Navy Surgeon General Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham. The samples will then be transported to CDC headquarters in Atlanta to be analyzed.

Officials said the investigation, which is separate from the service’s inquiry into the dismissal of the ship’s previous commanding officer, Capt. Brett Crozier, is expected to last approximately one month.

While these trials will be more advanced than previously administered diagnostic tests — blood samples are not used for a diagnosis — they are not designed to determine the exact source of the virus onboard TR, Gillingham said...https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-...ore-roosevelt/

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Sixth sailor from USS Theodore Roosevelt with coronavirus moved to hospital

• JORDAN E. GILBERT/U.S. MARINE CORPS
• CAITLIN M. KENNEY | STARS AND STRIPES

Published: April 16, 2020

WASHINGTON — A sixth sailor assigned to the USS Theodore Roosevelt and fighting the coronavirus has been hospitalized in Guam, the Navy announced Thursday, as cases of the disease surpass 650 among the crew.

The sailor is being treated at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam, where five other sailors were transferred this week. One sailor remains in intensive care for observation due to shortness of breath.

The cases follow the death Monday of one Roosevelt sailor who had been in intensive care after being found unresponsive April 9 while in quarantine on Guam. The sailor has not yet been identified, pending notification of next of kin.
As of Thursday, there are 655 Roosevelt sailors with positive tests for the virus. Most of the about 4,800 member crew has been tested, with 3,919 receiving a negative test result. About 4,059 sailors have been transferred from the ship to Guam. The Navy has 983 cases of the virus among its military personnel....https://www.stripes.com/news/navy/si...pital-1.626330

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Source: https://apnews.com/0cae34376380ab4150002a58bd9934b9

Sailors on sidelined carrier get virus for second time
By LOLITA C. BALDORyesterday

WASHINGTON (AP) — Five sailors on the U.S. aircraft carrier sidelined in Guam due to a COVID-19 outbreak have tested positive for the virus for the second time and have been taken off the ship, according to the Navy.

The resurgence of the virus in the five sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt underscores the befuddling behavior of the highly contagious virus and raises questions about how troops that test positive can be reintegrated into the military, particularly on ships...

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https://www.businessinsider.com/sailors-uss-theodore-roosevelt-coronavirus-tuberculosis-2020-5

USS Theodore Roosevelt sailor comes down with tuberculosis as other sailors on the ship retest positive for COVID-19
Ryan Pickrell
May 16, 2020, 2:44 PM

• A sailor aboard the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt has been diagnosed with tuberculosis, Politico reported, citing a statement from Pacific Fleet.
• The Theodore Roosevelt has been battling a coronavirus outbreak that saw more than 1,000 sailors test positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
• After most of the crew was evacuated ashore, thousands of sailors have started to return to the ship. But, the Navy reports that a number of sailors who were cleared to get back on after testing negative twice have retested positive for COVID-19.