The Mistral will set sail on Wednesday. Some 500 tonnes of freight were loaded into the large hangars of the French Navy amphibious helicopter carrier (PHA): 800 pallets of food freight, including frozen food, parapharmaceutical equipment, including hydroalcoholic solutions, but also civilian vehicles . The PHA is expected at the end of the week in Mayotte, north of Madagascar. This is his third "rotation" since the start of his mission.
On the archipelago, health and humanitarian conditions are worrying. Faced with the coronavirus, the majority Muslim population in this poorest department in France lacks everything, including water. On the spot, the situation is getting tense, even deteriorating. The epidemic is being followed with particular "vigilance" , emphasizes Captain Sébastien, the commander of the Mistral who has put the means of his building at the service of the prefecture of Reunion.
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In Mayotte, which has just passed stage 3 of the epidemic, the
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