Tag: Guam

HAGATNA, 20 APRIL 2020 (THE GUAM DAILY POST)—All nine samples returned negative, according to the Government of Guam Joint Information Center. There were no samples tested at Guam Memorial Hospital. The government of Guam also contracted with Diagnostic Laboratory Services, a private laboratory, to handle the samples and testing of individuals who are asymptomatic or […]

HAGATNA, 16 APRIL 2020 (THE GUAM DAILY POST)—Four more sailors assigned to the USS Theodore Roosevelt have been hospitalized at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam and are being treated for COVID-19 symptoms, according to the April 14 update on the Navy’s official blog. One of the sailors is in the intensive care unit for increased observation […]

HAGATNA, 15 APRIL 2020 (THE GUAM DAILY POST)—As the government of Guam waits to receive more test kits and machines for faster COVID-19 testing, the director of the Department of Public Health and Social Services said the goal is to ultimately “test every single person that we can.” Public Health said it will soon receive […]

HAGATNA, 13 APRIL 2020 (AP)—People in Guam are used to a constant U.S. military presence on the strategic Pacific island, but some are nervous as hundreds of sailors from a coronavirus-stricken Navy aircraft carrier flood into hotels for quarantine. Officials insist they have enforced strict safety measures. An outbreak aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt began […]

HAGATNA, 02 APRIL 2020 (THE GUAM DAILY POST)—Some of the USS Theodore Roosevelt’s sailors who will test clear of COVID-19 will be quarantined in unnamed Guam hotels as military officials work to decontaminate the aircraft carrier and separate them from sailors who have fallen ill from the rapidly spreading virus. During a press conference Wednesday, […]