US Navy to Test All Sailors on Aircraft Carrier in Pacific as Coronavirus Cases Rises

Three F/A-18E Super Hornets fly in formation over the aircraft carriers USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and their strike groups along with ships from the Republic of Korea Navy as they transit the Western Pacific on Nov. 12, 2017. Aaron B. Hicks/U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters

WASHINGTON—All 5,000 personnel aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt will be tested for the CCP virus in Guam after the number of confirmed cases on the ship rose to about two dozen, U.S. Navy officials said on Thursday.

The infections aboard the carrier are one of the most vivid examples of the CCP virus’s impact on the military and could test the Navy’s ability to forge ahead with operations.