A Pentagon official said that the Coruna epidemic affected 4,000 US sailors, while Senator Ted Cruz blamed China for the spread of the epidemic in the United States and the world.
A Defense Ministry official revealed that the Corona epidemic broke out in the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier in the Pacific, and infected more than 4,000 sailors on board.
And the American Al-Hurra channel reported that the navy commanders did not respond quickly to the call of the aircraft carrier commander, who insisted on informing the Pentagon that more than 4,000 sailors were infected with Corona virus.
She added that the leader of "Theodore Roosevelt" Brett Crozier sent a distress call to the leaders of the Pentagon on Tuesday, in order to help him treat the injured crew of 5 thousand sailors, but he did not receive a response.
The channel published excerpts of the distress message in which Crozier said: "We are not at war, and our sailors should not die, if we do not act now and quickly, and if we do not take the necessary emergency measures, there will be a disaster."
On Tuesday evening, US Defense Secretary Mark Esber said that the navy is not ready to evacuate the carrier, and that things are not as bad as is rumored, according to the same source.
Esper denied his knowledge of Cruzier's letter and its content, and said that he could not read it.
It is noteworthy that the ship "Theodore Roosevelt" is the largest vertical nuclear aircraft carrier on the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean.
And last Friday, Naval Operations Commander Admiral Mike Gilday said Corona's injuries among sailors on Theodore Roosevelt's aircraft carrier had risen to 30, from just three on March 24.
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For his part, US Senator Ted Cruz blamed China for the outbreak of the Corona epidemic in the world and in the United States.
In a telephone interview with Fox News, Cruz said that the Chinese government has played a crucial role in making the epidemic so dangerous, by hiding the reality of what happened in Wuhan.
He described China as the biggest geopolitical threat to the United States, and said it would have saved thousands of victims if it had revealed the truth about what was happening.
He added that his country knows that the epidemic originated from Wuhan, where there is a highly protected laboratory, and that "China is conducting tests for highly contagious diseases and coronaviruses, including those caused by bats."
He considered that this situation means that the Chinese knew that this disease had turned into a global pandemic, but they kept a secret of the truth.
Senator Cruz pledged to do everything in his power to uncover the truth and also to stand up to China, which he considered the greatest threat to US national security.
The United States recorded 920 new deaths from the Corona virus over the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 4,000 and 90 people.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Corona affected more than 885,000 people worldwide, more than 44,000 of whom died, while more than 185,000 recovered.