Top U.S. Navy officials are defending their response to a coronavirus outbreak aboard the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt — a day after a scathing letter from the warship's commander questioned the handling of the health crisis.
The navy secretary added that nearly 1,000 crew members have already disembarked in Guam and said that number will rise to 2,700 by Friday. About half the results from the 1,273 crew members who have been tested are back, he said, and 93 of them are positive — with seven of that group showing no symptoms — while 593 are negative.
Gilday said the Navy is working with government officials in Guam to locate additional housing — in particular, hotel rooms — for sailors coming off the aircraft carrier., had spurred the Navy to take action, Gilday said there had"potentially" been a breakdown in communications with Capt. Crozier. Crozier charged in his letter that keeping the crew aboard the aircraft carrier was"an unnecessary risk and breaks faith with those Sailors entrusted to our care."
"It's disappointing to have him say that — however, at the same time, I know that it's not true. We've been working very, very hard with the ship, with the command structure to make sure that's exactly what we're doing," said the Navy's top civilian."It's our priority, we need those sailors to be safe, we need them to be healthy and we need that ship to be operational.
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