Iran Press/ America: The US Navy said 44% of the carrier's nearly 5,000-strong crew had been tested and 1,548 sailors from the crew have moved ashore. None of the infected sailors have been hospitalized, it said in a statement.
Captain Brett Crozier was relieved of his command of the Theodore Roosevelt on Thursday after the public leak of a scathing letter in which he called on the Navy for stronger action to halt the spread of the virus aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
In a memo to US Navy leaders over the weekend, Crozier said the spread of the disease was accelerating and removing all but 10 percent of the crew would be a "necessary risk" in order to stop the spread of the virus.
Nearly 3,000 sailors on board a United States aircraft carrier where coronavirus has spread have been taken off the ship, Navy officials said as they struggle to quarantine crew members in the face of an outbreak.
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