More than one-third of the personnel on the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle were diagnosed with new coronavirus
Xinhua News Agency, Paris, April 15 (Reporter Tang Ji) The French Ministry of Defense issued a communiqué on the 15th that more than one-third of the officers and soldiers on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle were diagnosed with the new crown virus, of which 31 patients The hospital receives treatment.
The communique said that the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle recently found that someone returned to the flight early after showing symptoms of infection. The military sent a medical team to board the ship for virus detection on the 8th and found 50 people on board were infected. The aircraft carrier arrived in Toulon, France on the 11th. On the 14th, 1767 officers and men of the French Naval Air Force received virus testing, most of which were officers and soldiers on the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. The results showed that 668 people were diagnosed with the new crown virus. The French Ministry of Defense said that at present 30% of the test results have not come out, and the number of diagnoses may increase.
According to the communiqué, 31 patients have been transferred to Toulon Military Hospital for treatment. One of them is in rescue.
According to French media reports, there are 1760 officers and soldiers on the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. The aircraft carrier set sail for the eastern Mediterranean in January this year to support the French army ’s operations against the extremist group “Islamic State” in Iraq and Syria, and then went to the Baltic Sea to conduct joint exercises with the Nordic navy.