U S 5th Fleet Response to COVID-19 Aboard USS San Diego and USS Philippine Sea miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mayport-based USS Philippine Sea has several cases of COVID-19 Rich Jones
Several cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed on the Mayport-based USS Philippine Sea. WOKV first reported Friday morning that the ship was investigating possible cases, and the USS San Diego had a dozen confirmed COVID positive cases on board.
“USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) has arrived in port Bahrain and initial test results have confirmed several cases of COVID-19. Sailors with positive cases and close contacts have been isolated on the ship, and the ship remains in a restricted COVID bubble at the pier”, said Cdr. Rebecca Rebarich. U.S. 5th Fleet spokesperson.
2 U S Navy warships in Mideast hit by coronavirus outbreaks - The San Diego Union-Tribune sandiegouniontribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sandiegouniontribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The 5th Fleet patrols the waterways of the Mideast. Its vessels often have tense encounters with Iran in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Gulf through which 20% of all oil traded worldwide passes.
The Navy’s largest outbreak so far in the pandemic was aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, which had to be sidelined in Guam for nearly two months last year. More than 1,000 sailors tested positive and one died. Eventually all of the 4,800 crew members were sent ashore in Guam for weeks of quarantine, in a systematic progression that kept enough sailors on the ship to keep it secure and running.
Bahrain increases AstraZeneca vaccine dose interval to 8 weeks
, 23 days ago Bahrain s Ministry of Health has announced the extension of Covishield-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine dosing intervals from 4 to 8 weeks. This decision follows recommendations made by the World Health Organization (WHO) which revealed a strong correlation between longer dose intervals of between 8 and 12 weeks and greater vaccine efficacy, the Undersecretary for Public Health Dr Mariam Al Hajeri was quoted as saying by Bahrain News Agency. Dr Al Hajri underlined that the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE), an advisory group to the WHO, had recommended administering inoculations 4 to 12 weeks apart, with a strong recommendation for a longer dose intervals between 8 to 12 weeks apart to produce a stronger immune response, it said.