US Navy Orders All Ships That Have Visited Nations In The Pacific Region To Self-Quarantine For Coronavirus For 14 Days

The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship Blue Ridge arrives in Laem Chabang, Thailand, for a regularly scheduled port visit on Feb. 23. A Wednesday order from U.S. Pacific Fleet means Navy vessels like the Blue Ridge must spend at least 14 days at sea after a port visit like that so crews can be monitored for symptoms of a deadly strain of the coronavirus. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aron Montano/Navy)

Navy Times: Pacific Fleet orders at least 14-day underways for ships visiting nations in 7th Fleet AOR as coronavirus spreads

U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Adm. John C. “Lung” Aquilino has directed all vessels visiting nations in the 7th Fleet area of operations “to remain at sea for at least 14 days before pulling into another port in order to monitor sailors for any symptoms" of COVID-19, a new and deadly strain of the coronavirus.

Aquilino’s unclassified Wednesday order is part of a larger Navy effort to control the spread of a disease that emerged in China’s Wuhan City last year and now has been detected in 37 locations internationally, including cases in the United States.

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Update #1: Coronavirus Concerns Prompt PACFLEET to Impose 14-Day Gap Between Port Visits (USNI News)
Update #2: BREAKING: Navy Orders All Ships That Have Visited Nations In Pacific Region To Self-Quarantine For Coronavirus (Daily Wire)

WNU Editor: Best to be safe.

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