US Navy Orders Ships in the Pacific to Self-Quarantine for Coronavirus Concerns

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem transits waters east of the Korean peninsula during a photo exercise including the United States Navy and the Republic of Korea Navy during Operation Foal Eagle on March 22, 2017. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kurtis A. Hatcher/Handout via Reuters

The U.S. Navy has ordered that all its ships that have recently visited any country in the Pacific region are to remain at sea for 14 days—effectively putting them in quarantine in efforts to curb the spread of the new coronavirus disease.

US Navy spokesman Lt. James Adams told CNN that so far there are no signs that any U.S. Navy personnel have contracted the disease, but the action is precautionary.