France had not experienced a cholera epidemic for one hundred and thirty-two years. In just two months, Mayotte has recorded 122 cases. A 62-year-old woman and a three-year-old girl died. However, the remedies for cholera are known. Our journalist Antoine Beau was able to consult confidential documents pointing out the failings that favored this epidemic. Never made public, these two analyzes point to a culprit: the lack of connection to drinking water in this French department.
In this video, he tells us behind the scenes of his investigation into the origins of this new epidemic, the delays that favored it, but also the influence that elected officials and groups close to the extreme right had, opposing the installation of water pipes, for political reasons.