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Navy flattening COVID-19 curve, increasing exercises globally

By Abraham Mahshie
Published November 5, 2020 9:48pm ET
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Navy flattening COVID-19 curve, increasing exercises globally
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain sails in formation with ships from the Indian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force while conducting replenishment-at-sea approaches as part of the naval exercise Malabar 2020. | U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda

The Navy kicked off its second multinational exercise of the week Monday in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of India, in a sign that the unchecked COVID-19 contagion experienced this summer is under control.

The Navy continues to have success flattening it’s COVID-19 curve and has the slowest rate of infection across the military services. As of Wednesday, the Navy had just 1,478 active cases of the military’s 58,968 total cases.

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