By April 11, 550 more crewmembers onboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt have been positively tested for COVID-19, representing the 92% of positive cases, on the contrary to 3,673 negative results, while 3,696 Sailors have moved ashore.
Specifically, a team consisting of medical professionals assigned to 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force have now deployed to Guam in order to augment COVID-19 response efforts.
In April, about 230 sailors and marines arrived in Guam, supporting USS Theodore Roosevelt’s onboard medical staff while the ship is in port.
In addition, it has been reported that one crewmember was admitted to the ICU at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam last week after reportedly being found unresponsive whilst undergoing a 14-day isolation period.
To boost efforts, the 3rd Medical Battalion, based in Okinawa, Japan, maintains a deployable force ready to intervene to support natural disasters, humanitarian assistance and various other missions. After receiving official notice of the mission to support USS Theodore Roosevelt, the joint Navy and Marine Corps team was ready to deploy within 48 hours.
To remind, the US Navy relieved the commander of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, who wrote a scathing letter that leaked to the public asking the Navy for stronger measures to control a COVID-19 outbreak onboard the ship.
