美 거대 핵추진 항공모함 코로나19 확진...유럽에선 진단능력 부족해 난리<br /><br />Just days after soaring half a million, the number of coronavirus cases worldwide has crossed the 920-thousand mark,... with over 46-thousand deaths.<br />The U.S. has the largest number of confirmed patients at over 209-thousand.<br />On top of this, the U.S. Navy has confirmed 1,000 crewmembers of the USS Theodore Roosevelt's crew have been removed from the aircraft carrier, docked in Guam, to coronavirus outbreak.<br />Choi Jeong-yoon reports.<br />As of Thursday, the U.S. has more confirmed cases than any other country.<br />Detecting some 20-thousand cases a day, the total number of cases has surpassed the 200-thousand mark.<br />The U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt is stranded in Guam, fighting a coronavirus outbreak.<br />The virus has infected nearly 100 servicemen and women on the carrier as of Wednesday local time.<br />The captain called on the U.S. Navy take immediate action to isolate the crew off the ship.<br />Some of the sailors will be quarantined in hotels in Guam.<br />The outbreak on the ship is escalating rapidly and the Navy expects the number to rise.<br />Approximately 1,000 of the carrier's more than 4,000 crew members have been tested for the virus.<br />In Europe, France is having a hard time testing patients with symptoms...due to a lack of test kits.<br />Tests are done selectively on medical staff and those in critical condition.<br />The French government says there is a limit of 12-thousand tests a day.<br />French health authorities reported Wednesday that the total number of COVID-19 cases has risen to almost 57-thousand.<br />Italy saw fewer coronavirus deaths on Wednesday but the number of new cases continues to grow.<br />The death toll in Italy climbed by 727 to more than 13-thousand on Wednesday, a significantly smaller increase than that seen on Tuesday and the lowest daily tally since March 26th.<br />However, the number of new cases rose more sharply than a day earlier, growing by 4,782 bringing total infections to some 1-hundred and ten thousand cases.<br />Given the severity of the situation, Italy has extended its stringent containment measures for another two weeks.<br />Choi Jeong-yoon, Arirang News.<br />
