"
Nearly 200 caregivers and emergency equipment
", in particular medical beds, must fly on Saturday August 28 from Paris-Orly towards Fort-de-France and Pointe-à-Pitre on board two Corsair flights, the company announced on Friday, specifying that the number of caregivers remains to be confirmed.
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The company had already chartered a flight to Martinique the previous week, while hospitals in Martinique and Guadeloupe are overwhelmed by the Covid-19. "
In two weeks, Corsair will have made travel nearly 900 caregivers to the Antilles
", she explains in an email, specifying that carers will be repatriated from Martinique to the metropolis on Tuesday August 31st.
In Guadeloupe, confinement has been extended until September 19 in an attempt to stem the spread of the coronavirus in the island. The epidemic is experiencing a "
slight decrease
" but still remains "
worrying
", said the Regional Health Agency (ARS) in midweek. In Martinique too, the confinement and curfew in effect since July 30 have been extended until September 19.
