Three soldiers on the US Navy aircraft carrier infected with a coronavirus

It is reported by Bloomberg with reference to the Pentagon statement.

It is noted that these are the first three cases of COVID-19 on a ship that is on combat duty.

All who contacted the sick are in quarantine.

The diseased will be taken out of the ship by air.

It is also reported that the U.S. Navy has decided in connection with the situation with the coronavirus to cancel calls to the ports of all ships, except those that require repair or replenishment.

In the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University, the number of patients with coronavirus exceeded 46 thousand people, more than 600 people died.

Previously, the head of the Pentagon, Mark Esper, said that if the pandemic of the coronavirus infection COVID-19 continues to develop, this could seriously affect the combat readiness of the US forces.