Covid-19 puts second US navy ship out of action
The guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd arriving in San Diego, California, yesterday. With fewer than half of its 300-strong crew tested, 47 sailors have been found positive for Covid-19. – AFP pic, April 29, 2020.
A US destroyer hit by dozens of coronavirus cases sailed into San Diego yesterday for cleaning, making it the second navy warship temporarily put out of action by the pandemic. With fewer than half of the 300-strong crew tested, 47 sailors aboard the USS Kidd have been found positive for Covid-19, said the navy.
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