US Army "Theodore Roosevelt" aircraft carrier officers and soldiers completed the detection of 840 infections of the new crown virus

　　Xinhua News Agency, Washington, April 23 (Reporter Sun Ding, Xu Jianmei) The US Navy said on the 23rd that the US Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "Theodore Roosevelt" docked in Guam has been fully tested for the new crown virus, and 840 people tested positive. , 4 of them are being treated in the hospital.

　　The US Navy reported that day that there were 840 positive results and 4,098 negative results in the new coronavirus test of all officers and men of the Theodore Roosevelt, and a small number of test results have not yet come out. 88 of the confirmed persons have recovered. 4,234 officers and men were transferred ashore.

　　The US Navy recently announced the first death case of the aircraft carrier.

　　In an interview with US media, US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said that the US Navy has completed investigations into the situation of the aircraft carrier epidemic and will inform him of the results in the near future.

　　According to the latest statistics released by the US Department of Defense, as of the early morning of the 23rd, a total of 3,725 active-duty personnel of all military services in the United States were infected with the new coronavirus and 2 died. Among them, the United States Navy had the most cases of infection, 1366 cases.

　　The US media recently quoted senior US Navy officials as saying that the US Navy currently has 26 warships reporting new crown cases, and 26 warships have all docked. Another 14 warships have experienced new crown cases, and the infected persons on board have recovered.

　　The aircraft carrier "Theodore Roosevelt" discovered on March 24 that three people on board were infected with the new coronavirus. Since then, the number of diagnoses has gradually increased and arrived in Guam at the end of March to stop. At that time, Captain Brett Croze sent a letter to the top US Navy, requesting that the officers and men on the ship go ashore as soon as possible for isolation and testing to curb the spread of the virus. On April 2, the then acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modley dismissed Crozet ’s captain.