JUST IN: Positive coronavirus tests aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt rise to 93, according to acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly. The goal now is to move another 2,700 members of the ship's crew of 5,000 ashore to Guam.
Testing of the ship's crew continues as it is berthed in Guam, Modly said at a Pentagon news conference Wednesday. So far, 500 coronavirus tests have come back negative.
Modly said that about 1,000 sailors have been taken off the ship and that approximately 2,700 will eventually be taken off the ship in coming days. An F/A-18F Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt March 18, 2020.
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