There are currently coronavirus cases on 26 US Navy warships, and another 14 have been hit by the virus but impacted crew members have recovered, a senior Navy official tells CNN
The 26 ships with current cases are in port or maintenance yards, the official added.The Navy is not releasing the names of the individual ships impacted or the exact number of cases because Defense Department policy states that it would risk operational security if the details became public.There are currently 90 ships at sea with no reported cases and the Navy currently has 297 active duty warships.
He added that"that this will delay progress" towards"deploying units" and emphasized"we must take this action to ensure we get underway with healthy crews."The Roosevelt's commander Capt. Brett Crozier was fired earlier this month for what the then acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said was poor judgment for too widely disseminating a warning about the spread of virus aboard his vessel, a warning that eventually made its way into the press.
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