{"id":10470,"date":"2020-04-01T10:25:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T14:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=10470"},"modified":"2020-04-01T10:25:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T14:25:16","slug":"why-is-a-us-navy-captain-literally-begging-for-help-with-the-coronavirus-outbreak-on-his-aircraft-carrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=10470","title":{"rendered":"Why is a US Navy captain literally begging for help with the coronavirus outbreak on his aircraft carrier?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coronavirus: US Navy captain pleads for help over outbreak<\/strong><\/h1>\n

BBC<\/p>\n

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REUTERS<\/p><\/div>\n

The captain of a US aircraft carrier carrying more than 4,000 crew has called for urgent help to halt a coronavirus outbreak on his ship.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scores of people on board the Theodore Roosevelt have tested positive for the infection. The carrier is currently docked in Guam.<\/p>\n

“We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die,” Captain Brett Crozier wrote in a letter to the Pentagon.<\/p>\n

Captain Crozier recommended quarantining almost the entire crew.<\/p>\n

In the letter Captain Crozier said that with large numbers of sailors living in confined spaces on the carrier isolating sick individuals was impossible.<\/p>\n

The coronavirus’ spread was now “ongoing and accelerating”, he warned, in the letter dated 30 March.<\/p>\n

“Decisive action is needed,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Removing the majority of personnel from a deployed US nuclear aircraft carrier and isolating them for two weeks may seem like an extraordinary measure. This is a necessary risk.”<\/p>\n

It is not clear how many crew members on the Theodore Roosevelt have the coronavirus.\u00a0The San Francisco Chronicle, which first reported on the letter, said at least 100 sailors were infected.<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking to Reuters news agency, a US Navy spokesman said the service was “moving quickly to take all necessary measures to ensure the health and safety of the crew of USS Theodore Roosevelt”.<\/p>\n

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