Sailors provide clue to ‘stealth’ coronavirus: US

Most cases aboard a stricken US aircraft carrier are symptom-free, unique testing shows 
Reuters Health
USS Theodore Roosevelt
USS Theodore Roosevelt. Photo: Alex Millar

Sweeping testing of the entire crew of the coronavirus-stricken US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt may have revealed a clue about the pandemic: the majority of positive cases so far are among sailors who are asymptomatic, officials say.

The navy’s testing of the entire 4800-member crew of the aircraft carrier — which is about 94% complete — was an extraordinary move.