Covid-19 Minister Bruno Bruins announced on Thursday evening that he is a man who recently visited the Italian region of Lombardy.
THE HAGUE - A first infection with the new coronavirus has been reported in the Netherlands. The patient is in a hospital in Tilburg. Minister Bruno Bruins (Medical Care) said so on Thursday evening in a special NOS news special about Covid-19. It is about a man who recently visited the Italian region of Lombardy. He is in quarantine.
The diagnosis was confirmed with lab tests on Thursday, RIVM informed via Twitter. The GGD Tilburg has started a contact investigation. The RIVM did not disclose the age of the infected man.
Bruins received a note during the broadcast which he read. "It is confirmed to me that there is a patient with the corona virus in the Netherlands," said the minister. "The man stays in isolation at the Twee Steden Hospital in Tilburg." Bruins says he cannot give any further details.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Twitter "wishes the infected man all strength and recovery". He said that he was 'in close contact' with Minister Bruins 'about, among other things, all the efforts made to prepare our country for this'.