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HII Updates COVID-19 Cases: Five At Newport News, Seven At Ingalls

Monday, March 30th, 2020

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HII Updates COVID-19 Cases: Five At Newport News, Seven At Ingalls

Aerial view of HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss. taken in June 2017. (Photo: HII)

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] disclosed 12 total cases of COVID-19 at its Newport News and Ingalls Shipbuilding facilities by Monday, up from two by March 23. Jennifer Boykin, president of Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), confirmed that facility’s five total cases on March 29. According to a company website listing details on NNS cases, the specific personnel infected so far include: an employee who worked in Building 4931-1, Mid-Yard who was last at NNS on March 16; employee worked in Building…

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