{"id":36525,"date":"2020-03-17T02:37:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T02:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/03\/17\/a-sailor-at-naval-base-point-loma-has-the-coronavirus\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:37:08","slug":"a-sailor-at-naval-base-point-loma-has-the-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/03\/17\/a-sailor-at-naval-base-point-loma-has-the-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"A sailor at Naval Base Point Loma has the coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An enlisted sailor at Naval Base Point Loma tested \u201cpresumptive positive\u201d on Sunday for the new strain of coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That brings to three the number of sailors in San Diego County believed to have contracted COVID-19. The results are considered \u201cpresumptive positive\u201d because they have not been certified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf people suspect that they might have been in close contact with someone who was sick, or you are feeling sick, please speak to a medical provider and your chain of command,” said Navy Region Southwest spokesman Brian O\u2019Rourke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quarantined off base, the latest patient is not assigned to one of the fast attack submarines homeported at Point Loma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was treated by Naval Medical Center San Diego personnel and his test conducted by the Naval Health Research Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He showed no symptoms before he tested positive, officials said. Investigators suspect his case is tied the first presumptive positive results for a sailor at Naval Base San Diego<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although known for the warships that line its piers, Naval Base San Diego is also a major training site. Training Support Center San Diego<\/a> is the central hub of support for Naval Education and Training Command efforts across the entire Pacific Rim, including instruction for surface warfare, submarine, security force, naval aviation and information warfare students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Military medical workers are performing an ongoing contact investigation, tracing how the disease spread from patient to patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday, investigators determined that Training Support Command is linked to a sailor on the amphibious warship Boxer<\/a> who had attended a course there.<\/p>\n\n\n\t