On April 24, local time, according to CNN, the USS Kidd destroys a new coronary pneumonia outbreak, and 18 people are currently infected. The ship was dispatched to the Caribbean / Eastern Pacific region for missions.
A Pentagon spokesman said that the first sailor who tested positive was taken away from the ship when symptoms appeared. He tested positive for the new crown at a medical facility in San Antonio, Texas. Since then, other sailors on board have also been tested positive.
Reports say that the naval medical team is conducting contact tracing and isolating individuals who may be exposed.
At present, there are outbreaks of new crown pneumonia in multiple ships of the US Navy. The US Navy said on the 23rd that 840 people of the US military nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "Roosevelt" docked in Guam tested positive for the new crown virus, and 4 of them were being treated in hospital. (CCTV reporter Xu Dezhi)