Coronavirus cases on board Indian Navy ships and submarines on missions will be treated as an emergency and patients will be evacuated immediately, while in extreme cases the mission can be aborted for the safety of the personnel.
“Instructions have been given to all ships and submarines that a case of coronavirus on board be treated as an emergency,” said a Navy officer who did not wish to be named. The first response will be to evacuate the person by a helicopter. If that is not possible, then personnel would disembark on the first available opportunity or if required divert the ship to return to the closest base, he added. The decision has been taken for the safety of the personnel. Read More…
