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USS Theodore Roosevelt Deploys to Philippine Sea After COVID-19 Outbreak

Carla Babb

   WASHINGTON - The [1]USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier is back at
   sea for the first time in nearly two months after a coronavirus
   outbreak onboard infected more than 1,100 sailors.

   The U.S. Navy said the ship entered the Philippine Sea Thursday "to
   conduct carrier qualification flights for the embarked Carrier Air Wing
   (CVW) 11."

   IFRAME: [2]https://www.dvidshub.net/video/embed/753524

   The ship arrived in Guam on March 27 after an outbreak of the
   coronavirus. All of the nearly 5,000 sailors onboard were tested for
   COVID-19 in the following weeks.

   One Roosevelt sailor died from the virus on April 13, and nine others
   were hospitalized. The Navy said most of the approximately 1,140
   crewmembers who tested positive for COVID-19 were asymptomatic.

References

   1. https://www.dvidshub.net/video/753524/uss-theodore-roosevelt-cvn-71
   2. https://www.dvidshub.net/video/embed/753524

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