In the West Indies, in the Indian Ocean, in Polynesia, far from the mainland, the army has deployed its means. While Operation “Resilience” continues to provide support to the territories that need it to fight the coronavirus epidemic, military ships and planes have been called upon all around the globe. "From the outset, we felt that the overseas territories should be given special attention, given the state of their health system" , said the Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, at the end of April before the Senate. "So we immediately mobilized the forces positioned there," she added, promising "specific means" .
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The overseas departments are variously affected by the epidemic. Tuesday, 42 people were hospitalized in Mayotte, 21 in Martinique, 16 in Guadeloupe, 5 in Guyana and 4 in Reunion. In terms of deaths, the Antilles were the hardest hit with 17 deaths in Guadeloupe, 14 in Martinique
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