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France sends aid to Guadeloupe and Martinique, the islands struggling with COVID-19 surge

Additional medical personnel and oxygen supplies are arriving on the French islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, which are struggling with a surge in COVID-19 infections. Sixty COVID-19 deaths were recorded in hospitals in Guadeloupe since August 9 — out of a total of 357 since the beginning of the pandemic. The incidence rate has shot […]

Tourists told to leave Martinique ‘immediately’ amid new COVID lockdown

Martinique will enter a strict lockdown for three weeks as COVID-19 infections surge in the French overseas territory. The island’s prefect, Stanislas Cazelles, advised tourists to “leave the territory” as soon as possible, as Martinique has one of the highest COVID incident rates in France with almost 1,200 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. All shops except […]

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