Iran Press/ America: The US acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, announced the firing of Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier captain during a Pentagon news conference.
Captain Brett Crozier wrote a letter late Sunday asking the Navy to remove 90 percent of the crew of the Theodore Roosevelt to halt the “ongoing and accelerating” spread of COVID-19 on board. That letter was published Tuesday by the San Francisco Chronicle and generated headlines across US.
On Wednesday, the Navy announced it was moving almost 3,000 sailors off the ship and working to find space on Guam for more.
The Roosevelt aircraft carrier pulled into Guam late last week after several sailors on board tested positive for COVID-19. That was two weeks after the ship visited Da Nang, Vietnam, a country with known coronavirus cases.
While the US Navy is not disclosing specific COVID-19 cases on its ships, Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said on Thursday 2 April about 114 sailors on the ship have tested positive.
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