French Minister of Defense Florence Barley said today that about six hundred French soldiers are infected with Corona virus, but stressed that the capabilities of her country's army to perform his duties were not damaged.

The French minister said at the end of last month, that the number of wounded in the ranks of the army is about 400, and it was the latest outcome of the epidemiological situation in the French military. Barley noted that a civil servant working in the military infrastructure service died as a result of the epidemic on March 30, at the age of 62.

In an interview with several local newspapers, Secretary Barley said that officials are closely following the situation, and that they are adapting their procedures accordingly.

Sahel region
The French Staff Presidency announced last Thursday that it had recorded four cases of the Corona virus emerging in the ranks of the French forces participating in the "Barkhan" operation operating in the African Sahel region, where there are 5100 French soldiers contributing to fighting armed organizations in the region.

These are the first casualties to be discovered among French forces carrying out missions outside their territory.

It is noteworthy that the number of Corona epidemics in France rose to more than 82 thousand, to exceed the number of infected people in China in which the epidemic first appeared last December, while the number of deaths in France reached more than 6500, and recovered from the disease more than 14 thousand Others.