Captain of coronavirus-hit US aircraft carrier warns sailors will die if not let off ship
by Guardian staff and agencies from on (#51HFT)
Carrier with thousands onboard is docked in Guam, which is struggling to handle local caseload of Covid-19 infections
The captain of a US aircraft carrier, with 5,000 people onboard, including an unconfirmed number who have tested positive for Covid-19, has called for help to save the lives of his sailors.
The US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt was in the Pacific when the navy reported its first coronavirus case a week ago. It has since pulled into port in Guam, a US island territory in the western Pacific.
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