Defense Secretary Mark Esper: Coronavirus Won’t Prevent Military Operations

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper. Yuri Gripas/Reuters

FOX News: Pentagon is 'fully confident' military can withstand threat of coronavirus: Esper

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said a coronavirus protection plan is being “finalized” for DoD employees and service members and will be presented to him next week.

Esper said he was “fully confident” the Pentagon would be able to perform its functions in the event coronavirus comes to the nation’s capital.

“We have a lot of capabilities in this building [the Pentagon],” Esper told reporters. “Our National Military Command Center has the capability to go for weeks at a time if they have to be locked down inside the building if we have some type of outbreak.”

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Update: Esper says new virus won’t prevent military operations -- Military Times/AP

WNU Editor: The virus may not prevent military operations, but I am sure that it will limit some.

Update #2: Some operations are being cancelled .... Pentagon Cancelling Exercises Due to Coronavirus (Popular Mechanics).

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