US Navy warship sidelined with Covid-19 outbreak

A US Navy warship has paused its deployment to South America because of a coronavirus outbreak, the Navy said on Friday.

The USS Milwaukee, a litorral combat ship, is staying in port at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, where it had stopped for a scheduled port visit.

It began its deployment from Mayport, Fla., on December 14 and was heading into the US Southern Command region.

The Navy said in a statement that the ship’s crew is 100 per cent immunized and that all of those who tested positive for Covid-19 have been isolated on the ship away from other crew members.

The number of crew testing positive was not disclosed. The ship has a crew of a little more than 100.

The Navy said that a portion of those infected are having mild symptoms, and that the specific variant is not yet known. Covid-19 cases have surged across the country as a result of the highly contageous omicron variant.

The ship is following an aggressive mitigation strategy in accordance with Navy and CDC guidelines, the Navy said.

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