The French Ministry of Armies announced today that about forty sailors on board the French aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle" appeared to them since the symptoms of the new Corona virus, and are subject to "tight" medical surveillance.
"Starting today, a team specializing in case detection with the necessary equipment for this will be transferred to the aircraft carrier, with the aim of isolating those confirmed as infected, in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic on the ship," the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry indicated that the aircraft carrier is currently in the Atlantic Ocean, and sailed back to the French port of Toulon before the deadline set on April 23.
The ministry added that the sailors who showed symptoms were isolated as a precaution to protect the rest of the crew, and the injured sailors were not recorded any deterioration in their health status.
About six hundred cases of Corona virus (between civilians and military) were recorded in the ranks of the French armed forces, while no deaths were recorded, according to Defense Minister Florence Barley last Saturday.
And the French aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle" is well equipped - according to French officials - to provide medical care and control for its crew, and it includes about twenty doctors, nurses and surgeons, and it has a patient reception room that includes 12 beds, respirators, a scanner, and a designated area of isolation capable of accommodating One hundred people.
It is noteworthy that the new Corona epidemic broke out days ago aboard the US aircraft carrier "Theodore Roosevelt" in the Pacific. The administration of the US authorities led to the crisis by refusing to evacuate the crews and then dismissing the commander of the carrier; the resignation of the Acting US Secretary of the Navy, Thomas Mudley.