A Maine-based Navy reservist has tested \u201cpresumptive positive\u201d for the new strain of coronavirus, the Navy announced Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reservist is a woman assigned to the Naval Operational Support Center in Bangor, Maine<\/a>, Navy Reserve Force spokesperson Lt. Cmdr. Ben Tisdale told Navy Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She has been quarantined at home and those with whom she had \u201cclose contact with have been notified and are in self-isolation at their residence,\u201d added a news release issued Thursday afternoon by the Chief of Naval Information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced the COVID-19 case<\/a>, the state\u2019s first, earlier Thursday. While it did not identify the woman, Mills said she is in her 50s and lives in Androscoggin County, near the coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Navy\u2019s Tisdale declined to say when or where the woman last drilled or listed her rating or rank. The Associated Press reported late Thursday that the reservist contracted COVID-19 in Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHealth professionals are conducting a thorough contact investigation to determine whether any other personnel may have been in close contact and possibly exposed,\u201d the Navy said in a statement. \u201cDepending on the results of that investigation, additional precautionary measures may be taken.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The case marks the first among naval reservists but the second for the Navy. On March 5, a sailor at Naval Support Activity Naples tested positive for the disease<\/a>, becoming the first COVID-19 case of an American service member in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Late Wednesday, the Pentagon announced travel restrictions for service members and families for \u201cWarning Level 3\u201d-designated countries, which includes much of Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Clinical tests taken in states and their communities that appear to indicate COVID-19 infection are marked \u201cpresumptive positive\u201d until certified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n\n\n\t