U.S. Navy Reports Updated Positive COVID-19 Cases
Navy News Service
Story Number: NNS200326-07
Release Date: 3/26/2020 6:00:00 PM
From the Office of the Navy Chief of Information
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- On March 26, the Navy identified 35 additional Sailors and Navy civilians who tested positive for Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Two Sailors assigned to a San Diego-based ship and one Sailor assigned to a Pearl Harbor-based ship tested positive. One Navy civilian in Port Hueneme, California tested positive. In Memphis, Tennessee, four Sailors tested positive. Millington, Tennessee and Atlanta, Georgia each had one Sailor test positive. Key West, Florida and New Orleans, Louisiana each had one Navy civilian test positive. In Everett, Washington, one Navy civilian tested positive. In Newport, Rhode Island, one Sailor tested positive. In Norfolk, Virginia, one Navy civilian tested positive. In Yokosuka, Japan, one Sailor tested positive. Gaeta, Italy and Rota, Spain each had one Sailor test positive. Additionally, 17 Sailors assigned to a ship underway in the Pacific have also tested positive for COVID-19.
People in close contact with those who tested positive were quarantined and are being monitored. Military health professionals are continuing to determine if others were possibly exposed, and will take additional precautionary measures as necessary.
The Navy is committed to taking every measure possible to protect the health of the force. The Navy remains in close coordination with state and federal public health authorities to ensure the well-being of our personnel and of local communities.
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