The number of infections with corona virus in the Netherlands has increased from 38 to 82, " says the minister, mr Bruins (Health) on Thursday, during a debate in the house on the approach to the feline corona virus.
The national Institute for public Health and the Environment (RIVM), come fri night for more information on the new infections.
Earlier on Thursday, it was clear that the staff at a number of hospitals have been infected with the corona virus.
as A member of the Catharina Hospital in Eindhoven, the virus has most likely incurred in the care of the patient. Tuesday was the hospital's well-known that a patient with the COVID-19-the virus is isolated, it is medical attention.
Also, in the Jeroen Bosch Hospital in ' s-hertogenbosch is a co-worker became infected with the virus. It is a physician's assistant, who has come into contact with an infected patient. Both of the employees in the city, that the city of Den Bosch is in a thuisisolatie.
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The corona virus, in short, The virus is spread mainly through the coughs and niesdruppeltjes that are in the air. Those who have no symptoms, is it just a risk of infection. An infected person is infecting on average two to three other people. And this number is declining, however, due to all the safety precautions. By far, most of them mild (flu-like) symptoms. Almost all the deaths involve elderly or already ill people.
Date Of Update: 05 March 2020, 15:00
