On Sunday three sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt who tested positive for COVID-19 were flown to U.S. Naval Base Guam. According to a media release the three sailors continue to be asymptomatic and have been in isolation since their positive test on Feb. 14. The ship has continued to conduct surveillance testing and no further positives have been identified. The sailors are in isolation on naval base Guam and will have no contact with the local population.

It was last year when the USS Theodore Roosevelt was forced to make an unscheduled port call on Guamand spent many weeks docked here for testing and medical observation. More than 1,200 sailors, or 27% of the 4,800 crew, tested positive for COVID-19. One crewmember died at Naval Hospital Guam.

The ship is not on Guam. According to the release it is fully operational and underway.

“We greatly appreciate the dedicated support from the Government of Guam and the hospitality that the people of Guam continue to show our Sailors. U.S. Pacific Fleet is committed to taking every measure possible to protect the health of our force and the people of Guam,” the release stated.