page_title: COVID-19 pandemic on naval ships
section_title: USS Ronald Reagan
hierarchical_section_title: COVID-19 pandemic on naval ships / United States / USS Ronald Reagan
caption_attribution_description: English: SAN DIEGO (May 6, 2010) The aircraft carriers USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) are pierside at Naval Air Station North Island. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David Mercil/Released)
context_page_description: The COVID-19 pandemic spread to many military ships. The nature of these ships, which includes working with others in small enclosed areas and a lack of private quarters for the vast majority of crew, contributed to the rapid spread of the disease, even more so than on cruise ships.
  Due to the nature of operations security, national militaries may have policies in place that prevent or restrict reporting of SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 deaths, so although the cases listed below may have been widely reported in reliable sources, confirmation by official spokespeople of the respective militaries is not systematic.
context_section_description: The coronavirus pandemic was reported to have spread to the American aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan when its first two cases were reported on 27 March 2020. The positive cases forced the closure of the naval base outside Tokyo where the carrier is based, with all personnel on base told to stay indoors for 48 hours.  By 23 April 2020, 16 sailors had tested positive.
caption: USS Ronald Reagan (foreground), USS Nimitz (midground), and USS Carl Vinson (background) in 2010
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