Pentagon Confirms 18 COVID-19 Cases on Deployed USS Kidd, Destroyer Heading to Port

USS Kidd (DDG-100) transits alongside the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) while participating in Exercise Northern Edge 2019 on May 16, 2019. US Navy Photo

The second deployed U.S. warship is suffering an outbreak of COVID-19, Pentagon leaders confirmed on Friday.

Guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG-100) has reported 18 cases of the virus aboard, a defense official confirmed to USNI News on Friday.

A medical team has been embarked on the destroyer and the ship is heading back...

https://news.usni.org/2020/04/24/pentagon-confirms-18-covid-19-cases-on-deployed-uss-kidd-destroyer-heading-to-port

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