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A destroyer of the United States Navy has been hit with a coronavirus outbreak while on an anti-drug mission, according to US Army sources, speaking to Reuters, dealing another blow to the Army while dealing with the pandemic. According to these sources, more than a dozen sailors aboard the USS Kidd had tested positive for the new coronavirus.

The Pentagon confirmed that there is an outbreak on the ship, which is currently on a mission in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific, but without specifying the exact number of infected seafarers .

A crew member who fell ill was evacuated from the ship and later tested positive for Covid-19, prompting further testing of the crew, which led to an increase in the number of positives.

" I don't have the exact number, but I think the Navy will be able to give that information later . They are preparing to return to port, where they will make efforts to disinfect the ship," Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said at a press conference. after the news published by Reuters.

The USS Kidd was part of a deployment by the Trump Administration that sent more Navy warships and planes to the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific to fight drug cartels.

In announcing the deployment earlier this month, the administration said that additional warships and aircraft were also intended to prevent "corrupt actors" such as Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to increase drug smuggling.

The Kidd is believed to be the only Navy ship that currently continues to sail with positive coronavirus cases . The aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt was in the Pacific earlier this month when it had a coronavirus outbreak, forcing it to eventually dock in Guam.

An infected seaman died, and about 850 of the approximately 4,800 staff members on the aircraft carrier have tested positive. Roosevelt commander Brett Crozier was fired after sending a leaked letter to the media asking his superiors in the Navy to evacuate the ship. The controversy of his dismissal led to the resignation of the acting secretary of the Navy, Thomas Modly.

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