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Sailors on Sidelined Carrier Get Virus for Second Time

Associated Press

   Five sailors on the U.S. aircraft carrier sidelined in Guam due to a
   COVID-19 outbreak have tested positive for the virus for the second
   time and have been taken off the ship, according to the Navy.

   The resurgence of the virus in the five sailors on the USS Theodore
   Roosevelt underscores the befuddling behavior of the highly contagious
   virus and raises questions about how troops that test positive can be
   reintegrated into the military, particularly on ships.

   All five sailors had previously tested positive and had gone through at
   least two weeks of isolation. As part of the process, they all had to
   test negative twice in a row, with the tests separated by at least a
   day or two before they were allowed to go back to the ship.

   The Roosevelt has been at port in Guam since late March after the
   outbreak of the virus was discovered. More than 4,000 of the 4,800 crew
   members have gone ashore since then for quarantine or isolation.
   Earlier this month hundreds of sailors began returning to the ship, in
   coordinated waves, to get ready to set sail again.