More than 1,000 people on the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle were infected with the new coronavirus
Xinhua News Agency, Paris, April 17 (Reporter Xu Yongchun Chen Chen) French Defense Minister Florent Parry said on the 17th that more than 1,000 officers and soldiers on the "Charles de Gaulle" nuclear-powered aircraft carrier were infected with the new crown virus, of which 24 The patient was admitted to hospital for treatment.
When attending the French National Assembly hearing on the 17th, Pali said that as of that day, 1081 people on the "Charles de Gaulle" aircraft carrier had tested positive for the new coronavirus, of which 545 showed symptoms and 24 patients were admitted to hospital for treatment.
Pali said that the carrier had stopped at Limassol, Cyprus from February 21 to 26, and then stopped at the port city of Brest in northwestern France from March 13 to 16. At present, relevant departments are conducting epidemiological investigations to find out the source of the new coronavirus infection on aircraft carriers.
The aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle" recently discovered that some people had symptoms of infection and returned early. The military sent a medical team to board the ship on April 8 for virus detection and found that 50 people on board were infected. The aircraft carrier arrived in Toulon, France on the 11th.
According to the official website of the French Ministry of Defense, there are 1760 officers and soldiers on the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. The aircraft carrier set sail for the eastern Mediterranean in January this year to support the French army ’s operations against the extremist group “Islamic State” in Iraq and Syria, and then went to the Baltic Sea to conduct joint exercises with the Nordic navy. It was originally planned to end this round on April 24 task.
According to the data released by the French public health department on the 17th, the deaths of the French new crown rose to 18,681, an increase of 761 in the past 24 hours; the cumulative number of hospital confirmed cases was 109,252, an increase of 405 in the past 24 hours; including nursing homes for the disabled elderly In the social medical institutions, the total number of confirmed or suspected cases was 58,989, an increase of 2809 from the previous day.
In addition, 31,190 people are currently receiving treatment in hospitals in France, a decrease of 115 people in the past 24 hours; 6,027 people are receiving treatment in the intensive care unit, and there are 221 fewer serious patients than the previous day.