Coronavirus diagnosed in Belgium with evacuee from Wuhan

ARK News .. In Belgium, the coronavirus has been diagnosed in someone, reports the Belgian Minister of Health. This is one of the nine Belgians who were picked up from Wuhan on Sunday. He or she is in good health conditions and shows no symptoms of the disease.

The person concerned has been transferred to the Saint Peter’s Hospital in Brussels, is in a hospital press release from the Federal Public Service Public Health. “There is all the expertise and support available to guarantee the best care.”

The nine Belgians were extensively tested yesterday in a military hospital in Brussels. It was established there that one of the nine evacuees was infected. The others are fine, but have to be in quarantine for two weeks.

Virologist Marc Van Ranst had expected such contamination, he said on Radio 2 Antwerp. “This is always possible,” he says. “In Germany there were also two infections in evacuees. That’s why it’s a good idea to put these people in isolation and test everyone, even those who don’t have the symptoms.”

But there is no reason for the Belgians to worry now, says Van Ranst. “It is not a case where other cases can arise. Within a few days this person will be virus free. And then he or she will remain in quarantine for the agreed fourteen days.”

In Europe, infections have now been detected in France, Great Britain and Germany, among others. No infections have yet been detected in the Netherlands.

The death toll in China has now risen to 425, which is slightly more than 2 percent of the number of sick people. 3235 infections were added yesterday, bringing the total to 20.438.

China has admitted that it is failed in the fight against the corona virus. The standing committee of the police station, of which President Xi Jinping is the leader, that lessons have to be learned from the events of the past few weeks and that from now on better action must be taken if a national emergency occurs.

Source: MBS News

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