Navy is testing a destroyer’s full crew for coronavirus following onboard outbreak

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Navy is testing a destroyer’s full crew for coronavirus following onboard outbreak

• Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee man the rails as the ship sails out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, July 25, 2020.

By WYATT OLSON | STARS AND STRIPES
Published: January 29, 2021
FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — The entire crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee is undergoing testing for the coronavirus after about a dozen sailors were found to be infected, the Navy said Friday.

The warship, which carries roughly 350 sailors, arrived on Jan. 23 in San Diego from its homeport in Hawaii for training.
The “approximately” one dozen sailors who tested positive were moved off the ship, 3rd Fleet spokesman Cmdr. Sean Robertson wrote in a statement Friday....

“Individuals who were in close contact with those Sailors are also off the ship and are in quarantine while they monitor for any symptoms,” he said.

None of the infected sailors have been hospitalized, Robertson said.

“The ship remains able to meet its mission,” he said.

Testing of the entire crew was being conducted Friday to “reassure Sailors and their families,” he said...“Before pulling into San Diego we had seven people in quarantine and three tested positive, all the cooks that came into contact with the whole crew,”.:tiphat:https://www.stripes.com/news/pacifi...ronavirus-following-onboard-outbreak-1.660367

 

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Entire Chafee crew headed into COVID quarantine

18 hours ago
Geoff Ziezulewicz

Hundreds of sailors aboard the U.S. warship Chafee are all being moved off the ship and into San Diego hotels for a two-week quarantine following COVID-19 testing of the entire crew Friday,.

Officials declined to say precisely how many sailors tested positive for the coronavirus Friday, but said it was less than the 12 who tested positive in the past week as the guided-missile destroyer steamed from its homeport in Hawaii and arrived in San Diego for training.

No infected sailors have been hospitalized, according to officials.

All-hands testing of the crew had originally been scheduled for last Saturday morning on the San Diego pier, but it was never carried out for reasons the Navy has refused to explain.

The move to test the entire Chafee crew and the later decision to move them off ship follows a Navy Times report Thursday in which crew members expressed fear over the COVID infections and frustration with how the outbreak was being handled.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/...ire-chafee-crew-headed-into-covid-quarantine/