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A photo taken from an AFP TV footage shows a medical plane alledgedly transporting three Covid-19 patients, taking off on July 31, 2021 from Martinique - Aime Cesaire airport, on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, to be transferred to a hospital in France, after authorities set new lockdown measures against the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus. - The Caribbean territory of Martinique, where only 15 percent of people are vaccinated, will go into a three-week lockdown from July 30 with only limited movements allowed in daytime and a curfew from 7:00 pm, said its prefect, Stanislas Cazelles. The number of positive cases in Martinique has swelled from 2,241 last week to 3,537, while the incidence rate has ballooned from 280 cases to 995 for every 100,000 residents. (Photo by Thomas THURAR / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/THOMAS THURAR)