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Navy sailor assigned to US Central Command headquarters tests positive for coronavirus, The Hill, BY TAL AXELROD – 03/21/20  A Navy sailor assigned to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) headquarters has tested positive for the coronavirus.CENTCOM announced Saturday that the sailor, who tested positive for the virus Friday, had returned to the U.S. from overseas on March 15 and “immediately” entered a precautionary quarantine at his residence. He did not stop at CENTOM before returning home.

The sailor began exhibiting symptoms on March 18, at which point he went to the health clinic at Macdill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla…….

The news comes a day after the Air Force announced an active-duty airman and an Air Force contractor who both visited the Pentagon in recent weeks have tested positive for the coronavirus.

The active-duty member works for the Defense Health Agency in Falls Church, Va., and was in the Pentagon “for less than an hour” on Monday. The contractor was last in the Pentagon on March 2, according to the Air Force, and has been self-quarantining and receiving medical treatment since March 7…..

The Pentagon also said Friday it is monitoring 2,600 military personnel in Europe for possible exposure to the coronavirus. Thirty-five of the 72,000 U.S. forces in Europe have tested positive for the illness.

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, announced changes Friday to operations at CENTCOM headquarters to protect against the virus, including prioritizing social distancing and maximizing use of tele-work and shift work.https://thehill.com/policy/defense/navy/488789-navy-sailor-assigned-to-us-central-command-headquarters-tests-positive