Horn
The GGD is investigating two people from Hoorn for the possible infection with the corona virus. The GGD Hollands Noorden announced this on Monday. Two children are from Bernardus van Hoorn Bockx school Sent home as a precaution – and with the consent of the parents.
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At the end of the day it became clear that one of the children does not have any symptoms, so he can go to school again. The other child remains at home due to the persistent cough. “Not in quarantine, but as a precaution.”
According to spokesperson Anneke van Doorn of the GGD it is not clear whether the children from the same family. actually have the virus. Not the children are the cases of illness on which the GGD has taken action: it is adults from the families who have the symptoms of the disease. “It remains to be seen whether the children are also infected.”
Signals came in that there were fever symptoms. Then came the Health Service, which then did further investigation. Family members of the children namely have the symptoms, have a fever and have recently been in an area where it corona virus has already caused an outbreak. “That meets the standards set by the government to be extra alert,” says Anneke van Doorn.
The school management refuses to comment and refers to the office of the umbrella foundation Penta. However, a letter was given to all the children from the primary school in the neighborhood Hoorn North, in which text and explanation are given. On social media it becomes clear that there is unrest among parents and other residents of the city.
The GGD is monitoring the situation and expects that it will be possible to determine within a very short period of time whether there is actually an infection in Hoorn.
