The first three patients hospitalized due to Covid-19 in Martinique were transferred to Paris on Saturday in a medical flight.
These transfers come as the Martinican hospital services are saturated by the fourth wave of the epidemic and that a new confinement has been imposed on the island since Friday July 30 at 19 p.m. for a period of at least three weeks.
All epidemic monitoring indicators are skyrocketing on the island, with an incidence rate now reaching 1035 infections per 100.000 inhabitants, 20 times above the alert threshold according to the latest data released Friday by Health public France.
146 patients are currently hospitalized, an increase of 51% in one week, including 29 in intensive care.
The concern in Martinique is all the greater as vaccination coverage is still low, with 15,9% of the population fully vaccinated, or three times less than the national level (51,6%).
The army in reinforcement
About forty soldiers will be sent as reinforcements "in the coming days" to help the medical staff of the CHU of Fort-de-France, with resuscitation beds, also indicated the spokesperson for the Army staff. , Colonel Pascal Ianni. "The exact sizing is under study with the Ministry of Health," he added. But it will be “of the order of 40 to 50 military and medical specialists (doctors, nurses, resuscitators, etc.).
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