A crew member of the US aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt died of the coronavirus. According to American media, this is the first victim of the corona outbreak on the ship, which already led to the departure of the Secretary of Navy.
The crew member was admitted to the intensive care unit of a naval hospital on April 9.
Navy Minister Thomas Modly resigned after receiving fierce criticism for calling the Theodore Roosevelt commander naive and stupid.
Commander Brett Crozier had leaked a letter criticizing the naval management’s flawed approach to the corona outbreak. Crozier was removed from office and transferred.
Among the more than four thousand persons on board of the Theodore Roosevelt, one of the largest warships in the world, more than 550 infections have been detected.
His ship is located off the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean and has been mostly evacuated.
