In April, almost two-thirds of the crew of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, 1,046 of the 1,760, tested positive. There are two new cases of the new coronavirus
In April, almost two-thirds of the crew of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, 1,046 of the 1,760, tested positive.
Two new cases of the novel coronavirus have been detected among sailors from the French aircraft carrier Charles-de-Gaulle, the maritime prefecture of Toulon announced on Wednesday, two months after an outbreak on the ship affected more than 1,000 sailors.
“The seafarer who showed symptoms of Covid-19 on the ship on Friday was positive,” said a spokesman for the maritime prefecture of Toulon, confirming the information of the regional daily Var-Matin.
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Among the thirty or so identified contacts — shipboard and land — with this sailor, only one tested positive Wednesday night, “a Marine who had already tested positive in the first episode,” she added. The Maritime Prefecture estimates that “a priori the first marine infected with the virus is out there”.
In April, 1,046 sailors were already infected
In April, almost two-thirds of the crew of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, 1,046 of the 1,760, tested positive. Two of them had to be treated on the spot. “We are very careful, but we want to reassure families and sailors after this difficult episode: the person is seriously ill this time,” the maritime prefecture said.
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As of June 2, the spokesman said, most of the aircraft carrier’s crew were back in the building and working “in two non-intersecting lines.”
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“They are wearing masks, a maximum of four per room, and common areas are closed,” the prefecture said. The aircraft carrier is currently in a technical standstill in the port of Toulon, “no operations are at risk,” she added.
Updated date: June 10, 2020, 7:58 p.m
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