BARNEVELD / FORTHHOUSES Two residents of the municipality of Barneveld are infected with the corona virus. It concerns a person from Barneveld and a resident of Voorthuizen.
Mayor Asje van Dijk reported this on Twitter shortly before midnight on Saturday. “The GGD has informed me that two residents have tested positive.” He wishes the people involved and their families a lot of strength in this uncertain time. Again call on all of you to avoid contacts out of concern for one another. ”
HOME INSULATION It has not yet been announced how the two patients contracted the virus and how they are doing. The GGD will in any case conduct contact investigations. It is also common for infected persons to remain in home isolation. In any case, the municipality follows the advice and instructions of RIVM and the GGD.
At the moment, 959 people in the Netherlands have been tested positive for the new virus, which has been manifesting itself in our country since Thursday 27 February. In recent days, residents of the municipalities of Nunspeet, Ermelo, Apeldoorn, Amersfoort, Harderwijk, Veenendaal, Woudenberg, Renkum, Arnhem, Utrechtse Heuvelrug and Zeewolde, among others, have also been tested positive for the corona virus.
AIRWAY COMPLAINTS Patients with the new coronavirus have a fever and respiratory complaints. Think of coughing or shortness of breath. The disease is transmitted from person to person. It is currently believed that one sick person can infect two others on average. The sicker a person is, the more he spreads the virus.
People who have a fever and respiratory symptoms of more than 38 degrees and who have also recently had contact with a patient with the coronavirus or who have been in a country with many infections for the past two weeks are advised to contact their GP by telephone. You should not go to the doctor because of the risk of infection.
Risk countries are currently mainly China, South Korea, Iran and Northern Italy. If you are in the risk group, but do not yet have a fever, stay at home and avoid contact with others as much as possible. As soon as a cold or an increase turns into a fever, call your doctor.
EMERGENCY REGULATION To prevent further spread of the virus, it is wise for everyone to wash hands regularly and sneeze or cough in the elbow. Shaking hands is not allowed. Since Thursday afternoon, the government has imposed the rules that meetings with more than a hundred people are prohibited. As of Saturday evening, an emergency ordinance has also been in force in this region.
People who have colds should stay at home as a precaution, people who have the opportunity to work from home are advised to do so.
GGD informs me that 2 people have tested positive for Corona: 1 in Barneveld and 1 in Voorthuizen. We wish the people involved and their loved ones a lot of strength in this uncertain time. Again call on all of you to avoid contacts out of concern for one another
– asje van dijk (@AsjeDijk) March 14, 2020
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