More than a third of the sailors of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle have tested positive for Covid-19 since their early return to France on Sunday, after the discovery of contamination on board, according to a provisional assessment published Wednesday by the Ministry of the Armed Forces .
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"As of April 14 in the evening, 1,767 sailors of the carrier strike group have been tested. The vast majority of these tests concern at this stage sailors of the aircraft carrier. 668 have been positive," the ministry said in a statement. Among them, "31 are now hospitalized at the Sainte-Anne army training hospital in Toulon (south), including one in intensive care," he said.
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