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On 1 March, a second case of coronavirus was confirmed in Belgium. <ref>{{cite tweet|user=Maggie_DeBlock|number=1234046963101970434|date=1 March 2020|language=fr|title=Deuxième infection au #COVID19 en Belgique. Le patient présente des symptômes modérés mais est en bonne santé. Conférence de presse à 11h30 au Residence Palace à Bruxelles. @SanteBelgique }}</ref> |
On 1 March, a second case of coronavirus was confirmed in Belgium. <ref>{{cite tweet|user=Maggie_DeBlock|number=1234046963101970434|date=1 March 2020|language=fr|title=Deuxième infection au #COVID19 en Belgique. Le patient présente des symptômes modérés mais est en bonne santé. Conférence de presse à 11h30 au Residence Palace à Bruxelles. @SanteBelgique }}</ref> |
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On 2 March, 6 additional cases, making a total of 8, have been diagnosed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=News |first1=Flanders |title=Returns from Italy push COVID-19 tally higher |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2020/03/02/returns-from-italy-push-covid-19-tally-higher/ |work=vrtnws.be |date=2 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> |
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As of 3 March, 5 additional cases were confirmed, making a total of 13 cases.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2020/03/03/coronavirus-belgie-3-maart/|title=Vijf nieuwe besmettingen met het coronavirus ons land|date=3 March 2020|agency=VRTnws}}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 09:19, 3 March 2020
| 2020 coronavirus outbreak Belgium | |
|---|---|
 Map of regions with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases (as of 1 March) | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Belgium |
| First outbreak | China |
| Index case | Brussels |
| Arrival date | 4 February 2020 6 years, 2 months and 6 days |
| Confirmed cases | 8 |
| Recovered | 1 |
Deaths | 0 |
The 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak was confirmed to have spread to Belgium on 4 February 2020, when its first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Brussels.
Timeline
On 29 January, Belgium issued a travel notice advising against non-essential flights to China, Hong Kong excluded, with some travel companies cancelling all flights to China.[1] Chinese New Year celebrations were cancelled at the University of Leuven.[2]
On 1 February, Belgian nationals living in Hubei were repatriated on a series of evacuation flights arriving at Melsbroek Military Airport in Brussels,[3] where they were quarantined and examined in a military hospital. People tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 were transferred to the Military Hospital of Neder-over-Heembeek where they underwent a 14-day quarantine.[4][5]
On 4 February, Belgium confirmed the first case.[6] The patient, an asymptomatic 54-year-old male was one of nine Belgians repatriated from China.[7] All of them were quarantined at Saint-Pierre Hospital in Brussels.[6]
On 1 March, a second case of coronavirus was confirmed in Belgium. [8]
On 2 March, 6 additional cases, making a total of 8, have been diagnosed.[9]
As of 3 March, 5 additional cases were confirmed, making a total of 13 cases.[10]
References
- ^ "Buitenlandse Zaken raadt alle niet-essentiële reizen naar China af wegens het coronavirus". vrtnws.
- ^ "Douaniers op onze luchthavens dragen voortaan mondmaskers: "Maar hier masker dragen tegen coronavirus heeft geen zin"" (in Dutch). VRTnws.
- ^ Galindo, Gabriela (3 February 2020). "Belgians evacuated from China amid coronavirus outbreak arrived in Brussels". The Brussel Times. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "België haalt landgenoten terug uit Chinese provincie Hubei na uitbraak coronavirus". VRTnws.
- ^ "Maggie De Block (Open VLD): "Gerepatrieerde Belgen moeten 14 dagen in quarantaine in Militair Hospitaal"". VRTnws. 30 January 2020.
- ^ a b "First case of coronavirus confirmed in Belgium". The Brussels Times. 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Belg die besmet raakte met coronavirus ..." Het Laatste Nieuws. 4 February 2020.
- ^ @Maggie_DeBlock (1 March 2020). "Deuxième infection au #COVID19 en Belgique. Le patient présente des symptômes modérés mais est en bonne santé. Conférence de presse à 11h30 au Residence Palace à Bruxelles. @SanteBelgique" (Tweet) (in French) – via Twitter.
- ^ News, Flanders (2 March 2020). "Returns from Italy push COVID-19 tally higher". vrtnws.be.
{{cite news}}:|last1=has generic name (help) - ^ "Vijf nieuwe besmettingen met het coronavirus ons land". VRTnws. 3 March 2020.
External links
- Worldwide Coronavirus Map, confirmed Cases – Map the route paths of coronavirus confirmed cases.