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The ship's fully vaccinated crew could serve as a case study on how the shot can keep an outbreak brief and minimally disruptive.
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U.S. Navy commanders whose ship is hobbled by a coronavirus outbreak are consulting with military medical personnel about providing vaccine boosters to the
U.S. Navy commanders whose ship is hobbled by a coronavirus outbreak are consulting with military medical personnel about providing vaccine boosters to the crew, officials said. Meanwhile senior Defense Department leaders are assessing how the USS Milwaukee can resume its deployment amid a global spike in infections fueled by the highly transmissible omicron variant.
None of the crew on the Navy combat ship USS Milwaukee who have been infected with the coronavirus have needed hospitalisation, the Guantánamo Bay base hospital said Sunday, two days after the Navy disclosed an outbreak among fully vaccinated sailors aboard the ship.