page_title: COVID-19 pandemic on naval ships
section_title: USS Theodore Roosevelt
hierarchical_section_title: COVID-19 pandemic on naval ships / United States / USS Theodore Roosevelt
caption_attribution_description: English: Atlantic Ocean (July 15, 2005) &#8211; Two HH-60H Seahawk helicopters conduct operations near the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) while underway in the Atlantic Ocean. The Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is conducting Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Eben Boothby (RELEASED)
context_page_description: The COVID-19 pandemic spread to many military ships. The nature of these ships, which includes working with others in small enclosed areas and a lack of private quarters for the vast majority of crew, contributed to the rapid spread of the disease, even more so than on cruise ships.
  Due to the nature of operations security, national militaries may have policies in place that prevent or restrict reporting of SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 deaths, so although the cases listed below may have been widely reported in reliable sources, confirmation by official spokespeople of the respective militaries is not systematic.
context_section_description: The coronavirus pandemic was reported to have spread to the American aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt when its first three cases were reported on 24 March 2020. As of 5 May 2020, 1,156 crewmembers have tested positive, with one fatality. The Navy has said they will no longer report public tallies of coronavirus cases on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Initial testing was completed by 27 April 2020, at which point, 969 crew members had tested positive, and 14 of those 969 had recovered.  By 29 April 2020, the bulk of the ship had been cleaned, and sailors that were previously quarantined on Guam began moving back to the ship.
  This was the first instance of coronavirus being found aboard an American naval ship that had been deployed.
caption: USS Theodore Roosevelt in 2005
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