Present in Africa as part of Operation Barkhane, four officers of the French army have tested positive for coronavirus according to the General Staff. They are the first French soldiers outside France to be officially affected by the epidemic.
Deployed in the Sahel as part of the fight against the jihadists, where 5,100 soldiers are engaged, these four officers who arrived in the Sahelo-Saharan strip several weeks ago, are "at this stage asymptomatic", explains the Army.
"One of the patients is taken care of and treated on the spot, and three others have already been repatriated" to France, "as well as another symptomatic officer without having been tested," said Colonel Frédéric Barbry, carries - word of the staff.
Death of civilian employee
All the people with whom they had been in contact were identified and placed in the fortnight in the dedicated area. "These cases of contamination, as well as the measures taken to preserve the personnel of the force do not have an impact on the operations, which continue at a sustained pace", continues the spokesman.
A 62-year-old civilian employee in the defense infrastructure department died on March 30. It is the first death in the ranks of the French Army according to the French ministry.
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