Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Monday that HIV-positive people will be able to join the military corps. The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, had made the request a few days ago.
It is an army doctor who decides and determines "a medical profile" on the basis of a reference called Sigycop. The higher the coefficient, the more the "disease" is a handicap: it deprives the candidate of certain positions and activities.