Sailor from US aircraft carrier dies of COVID-19

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(FILES) In this file US Navy handout photo the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)transits the Pacific Ocean while conducting a tailored ship’straining availability off the coast of Southern California on April 30, 2017. – The Sailor assigned to the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the US Naval Hospital Guam April 9 (local date) died of COVID-related complications reported by the US Navy on April 13, 2020. The name of the Sailor is being withheld until 24 hours after next-of-kin notification. (Photo by Paul L. ARCHER / US NAVY / AFP)

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A sailor who was aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier died Monday of COVID-19, the first fatality from more than 500 confirmed cases among its crew, the US Navy said Monday.

The sailor, who tested positive for the disease on March 30, was discovered unresponsive on April 9 and placed in the intensive care unit of the Navy’s hospital in Guam, where the Roosevelt is docked.

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