USS Theodore Roosevelt sailor comes down with tuberculosis - Business Insider
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"The individual has been removed from the ship, isolated, and will remain under the direct care of the naval health system until cleared by doctors."Unlike the coronavirus, tuberculosis is a bacterial infection, but like the virus that crippled the USS Theodore Roosevelt, it can have a devastating effect on the lungs.A coronavirus outbreak aboard the aircraft carrier upended its Pacific deployment and forced the ship into port in Guam, where the carrier has been since late March.As the number of cases climbed, reaching 1,102 by the end of April, the Navy evacuated over 80% of the carrier's crew of roughly 4,800 sailors ashore and placed them in isolation.In recent weeks, sailors have begun returning to the ship, but only on the condition that they meet the health requirements.
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