A third of the nearly 2,000 sailors who were aboard France’s aircraft carrier and support craft when a coronavirus outbreak occurred at sea have tested positive for the virus, the defense ministry said on Wednesday.
With two-thirds of test results in, 668 sailors from the Charles-de-Gaulle and escort vessels in its battle group are confirmed to have the virus, it said.
Thirty-one were being treated in hospital, and one was in intensive care, a ministry statement said.
