"In Mayotte, we only have a few days left to avoid a major humanitarian crisis"

Le Figaro. - What is the current situation in Mayotte?

Mansour KAMARDINE. - It is dramatic. The number of cases increased 36-fold in just 11 days, with the first reported on March 14. With three hospitalizations currently and only nine days of oxygen reserve, doctors expect a saturation of hospital capacities from the beginning of next week. The risks of the health system collapsing could lead to a real slaughter in a largely vulnerable population (84% are below the poverty line according to INSEE). We only have a few days left to avoid a major humanitarian crisis in part of the territory of the fifth world power, France.

How do the Mahorais respect containment measures, barrier gestures?

Overall, the instructions are followed. They are as much as possible, because in Mayotte the third world rubs shoulders with the fourth world: 54% of the habitat is insanitary, 40% of the

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