NEW: US Navy: 93 sailors positive for COVID-19 on aircraft carrier; 2,700 will disembark ship.
Ninety-three sailors have tested positive for COVID-19 on the USS Teddy Roosevelt, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, senior Navy officials announced Wednesday. Eighty-six of the 93 sailors have symptoms.
The ship’s leadership is testing all of the more than 4,000 sailors on board. So far they have tested 24 percent of the crew and received just under half the results, the vast majority of them negative. No sailors have required hospitalization. More than 1,000 sailors have departed the ship and are in isolation in Guam. The Navy expects to have 2,700 off the ship in the next few days likely by Friday, most going to hotels in Guam. Officials said they need to keep some sailors on the aircraft carrier to maintain it, especially the nuclear reactor and the weapons systems.
More than 200 of ArchCare’s 1,700 nursing home residents are infected with the coronavirus, and more than 20 have died, said Scott LaRue, president and CEO of the company. At least 10 staff members are also infected, with one in the hospital on a ventilator. The risks are so serious that LaRue is advising family members to pull residents out if feasible. “If you have the ability to take your loved one home, and that’s possible, I would encourage you to do so,” he said. “There will be better isolation and better limited contact in a home than there would be in a nursing home.”
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