tested positive<\/a> for the coronavirus so far.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In the four-page letter, Crozier described a bleak situation aboard the nuclear-powered carrier as more sailors tested positive for the highly contagious respiratory virus.<\/p>\n
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He called for \u201cdecisive action\u201d: removing over 4,000 sailors from the ship and isolating them. He said that unless the\u00a0Navy\u00a0acted immediately, it would be failing to properly safeguard \u201cour most trusted asset \u2013 our sailors.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The letter put the Pentagon on the defensive about whether it was doing enough to keep the warship\u2019s crew members safe, and alarmed the families of those aboard the vessel, whose home port is in San Diego.<\/p>\n
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The carrier was in the Pacific when the\u00a0Navy\u00a0reported its first coronavirus case a week ago. It has since docked at U.S. Naval Base Guam on the southern end of the American island territory in the western Pacific. (Reporting by Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart; Editing by Mary Milliken and Peter Cooney)<\/p>\n
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