French army reports 50 COVID-19 cases aboard aircraft carrier

In a statement, it added that three sailors had been preventively evacuated by air to a military hospital in Toulon, southern France, home port of the carrier.

By Reuters | Apr 10, 2020, 04.41 PM IST

This file photograph taken on March 13, 2020, shows the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle as it arrives in the port of Brest, western France.

PARIS: Fifty crew members aboard France's flagship aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle have tested positive for the new coronavirus, the armed forces ministry said on Friday.

In a statement, it added that three sailors had been preventively evacuated by air to a military hospital in Toulon, southern France, home port of the carrier.

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