{"id":28464,"date":"2020-04-05T04:21:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T04:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/04\/05\/patients-on-hospital-ship-test-positive-for-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:14:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:14:43","slug":"patients-on-hospital-ship-test-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/04\/05\/patients-on-hospital-ship-test-positive-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple patients on hospital ship test positive for COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patients onboard the Navy\u2019s hospital ship Comfort tested positive for COVID-19 after being transferred Friday from a facility in New York City, Fox News first reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ship, which arrived with a mission of treating non-COVID patients to alleviate the burden on the city\u2019s increasingly overflowing hospitals, accepted \u201cless than five\u201d patients who were infected, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/coronavirus-patients-delivered-comfort-ship-new-york-mistake\" target=_blank>officials told Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initial screenings prior to boarding the ship did not reveal that the patients had contracted the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy previously confirmed its screening process for boarding the hospital ship \u2014 one instituted in accordance to CDC guidance \u2014 consists only of a temperature check and \u201ca series of questions addressing [the] member\u2019s recent health and contact history.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/03\/29\/covid-19-screening-uncertainties-loom-over-hospital-ship-comfort-as-trump-bids-sailors-bon-voyage\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/comfort-line.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">COVID-19 screening uncertainty looms over USNS Comfort as Trump bids sailors \u2018bon voyage\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">&quot;We also know how dangerous of a breeding ground a ship can be for a highly contagious pathogen.&quot;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such procedures have been criticized by many, including a medical professional and spouse of one of the Comfort\u2019s sailors, as being considerably inadequate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe know that the traditional symptoms don\u2019t show themselves the same way in the young, healthy population as they do in the older and medically fragile,\u201d said the medical professional, who spoke to Navy Times on the condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe also know how dangerous of a breeding ground a ship can be for a highly contagious pathogen. I work for our local hospital and am caring for patients everyday. I have no idea what I\u2019ve been in contact with and have no idea what I\u2019ve shared with my husband, and therefore, have no idea what he might have carried onto that ship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The patients who boarded the Comfort Friday were reportedly not tested for COVID-19 until they were on the ship. Patients remained in isolation while awaiting test results, which take approximately 24 hours to come back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile admitting patients who were transferred to USNS Comfort for treatment, a few patients tested positive for COVID-19,\u201d Navy officials told Fox News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Comfort has infection control procedures that are followed just like hospitals ashore. Our medical experts on board are well prepared for cases like this, and have taken the appropriate precautionary measures. 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