Forty sailors from the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle have recently been victims of "symptoms compatible" with the coronavirus and are the subject of "enhanced medical observation", announced on Wednesday the Ministry of the Armed Forces.
"As of today, a screening team with test facilities will be dispatched to the aircraft carrier to investigate the cases that have arisen and to prevent the spread of the virus on board the ship," the ministry added in a statement. communicated, stating that the vessel currently in the Atlantic was on its way to the Mediterranean for a return originally planned for Toulon on April 23.
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