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COVID-19 Rages On Aircraft Carrier

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In a desperate letter to top Navy officials in the Pentagon, the commanding officer of the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt says his positive cases of COVID-19 are “ongoing and accelerating." He also says more must be done to quarantine and isolate the more than 4,000 sailors aboard.

Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with NPR's Tom Bowman (@TBowmanNP).

This segment aired on April 1, 2020.

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