COVID-19 has not affected military readiness nor has the coronavirus outbreak sickened anyone in the U.S. Navy, Marines or Coast Guard, officials said.
outbreak so far has not affected military readiness, according to top-ranking officers in the U.S. Coast Guard, Navy and Marine Corps who spoke at the WEST 2020 conference in San Diego on Monday.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger and Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz each downplayed the effect of the virus on their services after an Army soldier stationed in Korea became theGilday, Berger and Schultz each said no service members in their branches have tested positive for the virus. An Army spokesman confirmed the soldier was, as of Monday, the only service member to test positive.
“We are testing crews before they go ashore [and] testing crews before they come back,” Gilday said. “We trained our med personnel to be able to identify the symptoms, test, then isolate, quarantine, until you confirm whether or not it’s an active case.” Schultz said the Coast Guard is helping screen commercial ships coming to the U.S. for signs of the virus.
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