Le Tonnerre en route to Guinea. Equipment for the French anti-Ebola center

(B2) The BPC Tonnerre, a Boat of the movie projection and command of the national navy, sailed, Saturday (November 15), from Toulon. Destination: West Africa on a Corymbe mission in the Gulf of Guinea (*).

In the holds, specifies a press release from the French armies, humanitarian equipment for the benefit of NGOs active in the region to deal with the epidemic of the Ebola virus and part of the equipment necessary for the establishment of the French center for treatment and (CTS) for Ebola caregivers which will be established in Guinea. The equipment will be unloaded in Conakry. Other equipment and military personnel from the army health service should then be sent to the country.

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(*) The "Corymbe" mission is a former mission of the French Navy. Installed since 1990 in the Gulf of Guinea, it is intended to complete the pre-positioned system in West Africa. In addition to ensuring a presence in an area " where French interests are numerous "says the Ministry of Defense, the ships deployed in Corymbe carry out" bilateral cooperation actions with the countries of the region » (and) are able " to provide rapid support if needed, in the same way as the forces pre-positioned in the region ».