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| Coronavirus: 668 infected on French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle |
| 2020-04-16 |
| [BBC] A third of the sailors on France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle - 668 out of nearly 2,000 - are infected with coronavirus, the navy says. The ship returned to the French port of Toulon early from Atlantic exercises. Twenty sailors are in hospital, one of them in intensive care. The figure for those infected is likely to rise, as 30% of the test results are not yet in. The navy is investigating how so many sailors caught the virus. The aircraft carrier is now in quarantine. Last week it was brought home 10 days early from its Atlantic deployment after some sailors showed symptoms. Related: Charles de Gaulle: 2020-04-14 French Carrier Heading Home Early Amid Suspicion of COVID-19 Outbreak Charles de Gaulle: 2020-04-08 Suspected Covid-19 cases aboard the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle Charles de Gaulle: 2020-02-17 Book Review: Madame Fourcade's Secret War - The Daring Young Woman Who Led the Largest French Spy Network Against Hitler |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #9 Must be all that "hot-bunking"... The French will be French.... |
| Posted by: Fat Bob Grumble5961 2020-04-16 15:22 |
| #8 #6 I don't whether he's a coward or not, but he's sure as Hell living proof that horse's asses out number horse by at least 10 to 1. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2020-04-16 12:35 |
| #7 ^Navy May Reinstate Fired Captain of USS Theodore Roosevelt |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-16 12:02 |
| #6 Now there's a carrier captain with guts. Unlike Captain Coward of the US Navy who violated OPSEC and informed far too many people with the predictable result it leaked. Fuck him. |
| Posted by: Spike Grineng8188 2020-04-16 11:47 |
| #5 You mean the carrier isn't filled with zombies? Well they are French. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2020-04-16 09:03 |
| #4 The ship returned to the French port of Toulon early from Atlantic exercises. So the French did what they do best - surrender! |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-04-16 08:50 |
| #3 You mean the carrier isn't filled with zombies? |
| Posted by: Vernal Hatrick 2020-04-16 08:46 |
| #2 Now, now, we wouldn't want the hysteria to subside now, would we? |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-04-16 08:43 |
| #1 I wish they'd stop saying "infected" and start saying "tested positive". |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-16 07:48 |