Belgium expects to have Coronavirus cases like those that have been detected in France. But that does not mean that we should be alarmed or give in to psychosis. Yesterday, the SPF Health was even reassuring and indicated that “Belgium is fully prepared for this kind of situation.”
First of all, remember that in China, as elsewhere, not all people infected with the coronavirus die. The study of the first cases tends even shows that the mortality rate of this virus called 2019-nCoV, of the coronavirus family, is quite low. This rate “is currently less than 5% “, judges French professor Yazdan Yazdanpanah, expert with the WHO (World Health Organization). He himself took care of patients in France.
Between 2002 and 2003, the SARS virus – a virus similar to the coronavirus – claimed the lives of some 774 people in mainland China and Hong Kong. This severe acute respiratory syndrome had a mortality rate of 9.5%.
In addition, in France, the three cases detected with coronavirus in recent days, in Paris and Bordeaux, were treated quickly. Today, all three are doing well.
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