Everett-based USS Kidd reports more coronavirus cases in outbreak at sea

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WASHINGTON — The Everett-based destroyer USS Kidd has reported a worsening coronavirus outbreak on board and is returning to port, Navy officials said.

Navy officials said at least 33 members of the crew of the ship have now tested positive - up from 18 the day before. Officials said the Navy is evaluating the extent of the outbreak aboard the ship.

The Kidd is off the Pacific coast of Central America, where it has been operating as part of a U.S. counter-drug mission. The Navy said it has a crew of about 350. It is only the second Navy ship, among about 90 deployed around the world, to report a coronavirus outbreak at sea. The other is the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.

One sailor who displayed symptoms was flown off the Kidd on Thursday to a medical facility at San Antonio, where he tested positive for the virus.

https://komonews.com/news/coronavirus/everett-based-navy-ship-uss-kidd-reports-coronavirus-outbreak

[SheltieLover]

1. Forgive my ignorance here

but does this ("at sea&quot imply that the crew was infected without contacts not on the ship?