Military coronavirus timeline conflicts with White House as 53 more active-duty cases reported

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Military installations across the world upgraded their health security level to “Charlie,” and the Department of Defense reported 94 more COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infected personnel to 415.

“Everyone keeps asking, ‘What’s going to happen in two weeks? What’s going to happen in three weeks?” said Joint Chiefs of Staff Surgeon Brig. Gen. Paul Friedrichs in a Pentagon briefing Wednesday. “We don’t know.”

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