New Corona U.S. Navy destroyer "Kid" infects 18 crew members at 4:47 on April 25
The U.S. Navy announced a statement on the 24th, revealing that 18 crew members of the destroyer "Kid" deployed at sea have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
The "Kid" was deployed in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific to strengthen the drug trafficking crackdown that the Trump administration decided this month, but according to Defense Department spokesman Hoffman, it will move to the port in the future. , It means to isolate the crew and disinfect the ship.
The U.S. Navy has been reported to have infected crew members with multiple ships moored at the base, but it has been confirmed that 840 crew members have been infected in ships deployed offshore. The second ship after the infected nuclear aircraft carrier "Theodore Roosevelt" is expected to further raise concerns about the impact on the US Armed Forces' readiness.