MeterMore than 400 volunteer nurses from France are heading to the Caribbean.Especially young doctors and nurses stood up to protest coronavirus Fight in the Antilles. French overseas territories Guadeloupe and Martinique are currently painting a grim picture: French news channel France Info reported that more than 40% of the death toll in the past 24 hours can be traced back to these two regions. As a result, there were 53 deaths in Guadeloupe and 127 deaths in Martinique.
One of the reasons for the degree given is the development of the delta variant of the coronavirus. On the other hand, the vaccination rate is low: compared to the 60% full vaccination rate in the French mainland, only one-fifth of the people in the two overseas provinces have been vaccinated twice.
Volunteers should now support the hospital. The two planes left the French capital on Friday. A volunteer told French news that the Ministry of Health began requesting reinforcements for the two overseas territories on August 8. Therefore, many doctors only received this news within a short time on Thursday.
At the same time, further protests against health passports and mandatory vaccination of medical staff were announced. Demonstrations are scheduled for the weekend in more than 200 cities in France. For two weeks, visitors to restaurants and cafes must show proof of vaccination, negative test or proof of recovery. This certificate is also required before entering a large shopping mall and when traveling by train or plane. Last weekend, about 215,000 people across the country took to the streets.
