News item 29-02-2020 | 22:01
Tonight a resident of Delft has been diagnosed with COVID-19. RIVM determined this result after laboratory tests in 2 labs. The patient, who has no link with the previously found patients, was in Lombardy (Italy) last week. She is in home insulation. GGD Haaglanden maps who this patient has been in contact with through contact investigations.
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Patient contacts will be approached by the GGD and must record their temperature twice a day. If these contacts receive complaints that are compatible with the new corona virus, they will also be placed in isolation and tested for the new corona virus.
The RIVM and the GGD remain alert to new infections and apply the same protocol when new patients are found: isolation, contact research and continuous monitoring of the patient. These measures reduce the chance that the disease can spread in the Netherlands.
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