Martinique is in the grip of a major COVID-19 crisis which has seen 33 deaths and 3, 800 cases between July 26 and August 1, 2021, local reports say. The situation has prompted a renewed call by the University Hospital and the Regional Health Agency for health professionals to volunteer their services to help the Island's health service to cope with the unprecedented surge in infections, despite the presence of soldiers from the French Medical Regiment who arrived on Monday to assist. Martinique 1 Ere quoted a nurse who spoke to the online publication on condition of anonymity as saying
