Originally posted by Double Edge
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Among crew:
- 714 (41%) not infected
- 545 (31%) infected and symptomatic
- 501 (28%) infected and asymptomatic
On the Diamond Princess people were in single and double cabins, easy to isolate from each other. On the Charles de Gaulle people sleep cramped in 20-man bunk quarters for enlisted.
For the two other ships that were part of CdG's battle group it ran different:
- the air defense destroyer Chevalier du Paul had a 10% infection rate (35 cases among 340 crew), suggested to be due to more spacious and separated crew quarters.
- supply ship Somme apparently lucked out during the port visit and had exactly zero infections.
Preventive measures taken onboard apparently also included questionaires for all crew members regarding where they were and who they met during the port visit. Based on that 350 crew members onboard CdG (and 60 on Somme) were placed under medical observation, checking for symptoms twice a day.
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