Tuesday, March 3, 2020, 10:37 PM
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DEN BOSCH –
A patient with the corona virus is lying in the hospital in Den Bosch. The sick man reported himself with flu symptoms on Friday evening. It’s about a man from Kerkwijk. He is doing well under the circumstances, the hospital says.
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The patient tested negative for influenza and did not have to be tested for corona virus according to RIVM guidelines. But because of the risks, the Jeroen Bosch Hospital (JBZ) decided to test all patients with airway complaints for certainty about the corona virus.
On Monday, the first test turned out to be positive. The man was placed in isolation and the Erasmus Hospital in Rotterdam did a second test.
Roommates tested
It is the first corona patient in the Bossche hospital. The man was first in a shared room. His roommates have no complaints, according to the hospital, but are tested for certainty. They are also nursed in isolation.
Employees who have had intensive contact with the patient and who have a cold or flu-like symptoms are also tested.
The GGD Gelderland-Zuid maps out who the man was in contact with. They have to take their temperature twice a day. If they get flu complaints, they are also placed in isolation and tested.
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