US military: No cases of COVID-19 at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, prison included.
Also, no hand sanitizer.
(Photo from the commissary this afternoon.)
Southcom’s spokeswoman on the larger issue of continuing flights, travel to and from the remote base in southeast Cuba: “We continue to monitor the situation closely and we will take appropriate measures when necessary. “
No word yet on how the base and prison are handling testing for the virus following these remarks by Southcom’s ADM Faller at the Pentagon yesterday...
Latest: Another 100 or so people are bound for Guantánamo today on the Navy air shuttle called “The Rotator.” A passenger reported that, before boarding in Jacksonville, Florida, each traveler had their body temperature taken with a no-touch forehead thermometer. #COVID19
Make that 120 people who just landed at Gitmo following no-touch temperature checks before takeoff from Jacksonville naval air station. Guests, returning family, contractors.
Gitmo spokesman: “There are no confirmed cases of COVID 19 at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.”
After wheels down at Gitmo, a base “public health emergency spokesperson” came on board and announced this, according to a passenger:
“We do not have any virus on the bay, and we intend to keep it that way.” More forms, body temp checks await the arrivals. #citizenjournalism
Now, I’m told, health workers are aboard the plane with oral thermometers, going one by one to check each of the 120 passengers who arrived at Guantanamo. “We are all awaiting our turn,” one passenger reports. “Like primary school.
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