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Revision as of 15:45, 2 March 2020

Main article: 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Europe
See also: 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak and 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak by country and territory

2020 coronavirus outbreak Belgium
Map of regions with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases (as of 1 March)
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationBelgium
First outbreakChina
Index caseBrussels
Arrival date4 February 2020
4 years, 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days
Confirmed cases8
Recovered1
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]

As of 2 March, 8 cases have been diagnosed.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Buitenlandse Zaken raadt alle niet-essentiële reizen naar China af wegens het coronavirus". vrtnws.
  2. ^ "Douaniers op onze luchthavens dragen voortaan mondmaskers: "Maar hier masker dragen tegen coronavirus heeft geen zin"" (in Dutch). VRTnws.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ "België haalt landgenoten terug uit Chinese provincie Hubei na uitbraak coronavirus". VRTnws.
  5. ^ "Maggie De Block (Open VLD): "Gerepatrieerde Belgen moeten 14 dagen in quarantaine in Militair Hospitaal"". VRTnws. 30 January 2020.
  6. ^ a b "First case of coronavirus confirmed in Belgium". The Brussels Times. 4 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Belg die besmet raakte met coronavirus ..." Het Laatste Nieuws. 4 February 2020.
  8. ^ @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. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 174 (help)
  9. ^ News, Flanders (2 March 2020). "Returns from Italy push COVID-19 tally higher". vrtnws.be. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)

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