The outbreak was the most severe in the US military, which is seeking to balance a need to protect troops while also maintaining US defenses. Sailors are seen returning to the ship on April 29
Daily Mail: Thirteen sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt test positive for coronavirus for a SECOND time after previously recovering from outbreak aboard the sidelined aircraft carrier
* Thirteen sailors now appear to have become infected a second time while serving aboard the sidelined aircraft carrier
* All the sailors had previously tested positive for the virus and had gone through at least two weeks of isolation
* Questions have been raised about the accuracy of tests, and whether patients who have recovered can get the disease for a second time
* The ship sent more than 4,000 of its 4,800 crew members ashore for quarantine or isolation in March after a first infection
Eight more sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt have tested positive again for the coronavirus, raising to 13 the number who appear to have become infected a second time while serving aboard the sidelined aircraft carrier.
All the sailors had previously tested positive for the virus and had gone through at least two weeks of isolation. Before they were allowed to go back to the ship, all had to test negative twice in a row, with the tests separated by at least a day or two.
On Saturday, a Navy official confirmed eight additional sailors had tested positive again.
A day earlier the Navy had said in a statement that five had tested positive a second time. The Navy official was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.
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WNU Editor: The Pentagon may need to change its 14 day quarantine rule.
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