A sailor aboard the Navy ship U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt has died of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, New York City’s WNYW-TV reports. Just over a week ago, the ship’s captain was relieved of duty of raising the alarm about the virus spreading on his ship.
The sailor, whose name is not being released pending notification of his family, tested positive for COVID-19 on March 30, and was placed in isolation on Guam with four other sailors from the ship. During his isolation, he and the other quarantined sailors received medical checks twice per day.
On the morning of April 9, the sailor was found unresponsive during a medical check. Medical personnel performed CPR on the man, and he was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam. On the morning of April 13, he was pronounced dead.
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