Sailors Aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt Test Positive For Coronavirus

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The military is the first to test positive during a deployment, the Navy reported Tuesday.

SAN DIEGO- Three United States Navy sailors aboard the San Diego-based USS Theodore Roosevelt tested positive for COVID-19 and will be removed from the aircraft carrier, the Navy said Tuesday.

“These are our first three cases of COVID-19 on a ship during a deployment,” said Thomas Modly, acting secretary of the Navy.

Quarantined sailors will be transferred off the ship, which is currently in the...

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