US Navy officials said at least 18 members of the crew of a destroyer, the USS Kidd, have tested positive and the Navy expects the number to grow.
Asked whether the Pentagon fears that the Kidd may become another Roosevelt crisis, the Pentagon's chief spokesman, Jonathan Hoffman, said the Navy acted quickly once learning of the first symptomatic sailor aboard the Kidd.
“The Navy has lessons learned from prior experience with a COVID crisis, and they have been quickly applying those to this case," Hoffman said. “Fingers crossed, the Navy is doing everything they can right now, and we're going to hope for the best outcome, but they are going to take all of the prudent steps that they possibly can.”
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