"Charles de Gaulle" on his return to Toulon - Christophe Simon / AFP

The command of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its medical team had "excessive confidence" in the capacity of the vessel and its escort "to cope with the coronavirus", but did not commit a "fault", estimated Monday the Minister of the Armies Florence Parly.

Delivering to the National Assembly the conclusions of two investigations into the contamination of two-thirds of the crew of the aircraft carrier, the minister clarified that the Covid-19 was introduced for the first time on board the aircraft carrier in Mediterranean, before a stopover in Brest in mid-March, where it was reintroduced on board.

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  • Coronavirus
  • Toulon
  • Charles de Gaulle
  • Brest
  • Florence Parly