US Navy orders ships in the Pacific stay at sea at least 14 days between port calls over coronavirus

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The US Navy has given ships operating in the Pacific new port-call guidance amid concerns over the coronavirus.

All US Navy vessels operating in the 7th Fleet, which oversees operations in the Asia-Pacific region, have been instructed to remain at sea for at least 14 days after stopping in any country in the Pacific before pulling into port elsewhere, US Pacific Fleet told Insider Thursday.

The move is being taken out of "an abundance of caution," a Pacific Fleet spokesman said.

The novel coronavirus, a severe respiratory illness that originated in Wuhan, China, late last year, has an incubation period of up to 14 days, during which time the infected may be asymptomatic.

https://news.yahoo.com/us-navy-orders-ships-pacific-222412134.html

[uponit7771]

1. Yeah, no big deal ... Business as usual /sarc

[rlexx]

2. 14 days between ports are rookie numbers

[Prof. P.E. Name]

3. Rookie Numbers?

Wow! That last comment sounds like a Line Officer on a “tin can.” Or the olde Iron Men and Wooden ships Navy.