The Navy has stopped most training and is ordering some ships at sea home earlier than planned as it prepares to deal with the new coronavirus, says a message from Canada’s top admiral.
The Navy will also restrict shore leave in foreign ports and try to practise social distancing on board ships, to the extent that that’s possible in the cramped conditions of a warship, Vice-Admiral Art McDonald wrote in a message to the fleet published Wednesday.
Some ships will remain at sea, while others will return to dockyards at Halifax and Esquimalt, B.C.: “Only essential sailings (i.e.
those related to critical national defence and security objectives) will be conducted,” McDonald wrote. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest