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The Pentagon announced that three sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt have tested positive for the coronavirus and have been flown to a military medical facility for treatment.

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USS Theodore Roosevelt: Sailors flown home for treatment
The Pentagon announced that three sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt have tested positive for the coronavirus and have been flown to a military medical facility for treatment.

"Three cases of Covid-19 have been identified among personnel currently deployed and underway on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, these are our first three cases of Covid-19 on a ship that is deployed," said acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly.

"We've identified all those folks that they've had contact with and we are quantifying they as well," he added.

They are the first reported cases of the virus aboard a US Navy ship while it was at sea.

The carrier was last in port 15 days ago as part of a visit to Vietnam. However, Navy officials would not say if the sailors were exposed to the coronavirus while there, noting that multiple aircraft had flown to the carrier in the intervening period.

There are approximately 5,000 personnel on board the carrier.

Esper had previously announced on Monday that the Pentagon is looking at sending military field hospitals to New York and Washington state, in addition to the Army Corps of Engineers' undertaking to retrofit buildings in New York like hotels, dormitories and convention centers into temporary hospitals, in order to add an additional 10,000 hospital beds to the state's capacity.

However, he warned that although multiple states have requested assistance from the Defense Department, they "can't meet everyone's needs."

"Right now I anticipate sending a hospital to Seattle and a hospital to New York City and beyond that once that's confirmed we will look at sending to other places, and as necessary we will continue to alert units to prepare to deploy and deploy them as appropriate," Esper said on Monday.

The Pentagon has already ordered the deployment of the Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy to Los Angeles to help alleviate the some of the burden on civilian hospitals, while the USNS Comfort is expected to deploy to New York in the coming weeks, after it is finished undergoing maintenance.

And as countries all over the world grapple with the pandemic, Milley warned today that the crisis could lead to "social breakdowns" or "political chaos in certain countries" as health care systems are overwhelmed. However, he assessed that the virus would likely have a "moderate to low" impact on US military readiness.

"It's very, very important, again, that we do what the professionals are telling us to do, which is flatten that curve, take all the appropriate measures for US in the military," said Milley, "but also in the nation to do our part, so to speak, in order to reduce the probability and to mitigate the impact of this coronavirus globally."


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