In unusually blunt memo, captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt warns top Navy leaders most of his ship's crew needs to be quarantined ashore in Guam due to concerns that keeping them aboard would continue the spread of coronavirus.
At least 23 sailors about the USS Roosevelt have tested positive for the virus and have been transported to a Navy medical facility.
Under Navy orders, the majority of the ship's crew has remained aboard the ship while pierside. Some have been moved to shore, though not in the individual housing advised under guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . U.S. Navy sailors participate in a small arms qualification aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Philippine Sea, March 22, 2020.In a copy of the memo, sent to top Navy leaders on March 30 and obtained by ABC News, Captain Brett Crozier, the ship's commanding officer , argued that testing was not enough and that more needed to be done to keep the virus from spreading quickly to the rest of the ship's crew.
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