Patient with COVID-19 in Delft
This evening a resident of Delft was diagnosed as having COVID-19. The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) confirmed the diagnosis after tests in two laboratories. The patient in question, who has no links to the Dutch cases identified earlier, was in the Lombardy region of Italy last week and is now in home isolation in Delft. The municipal health service (GGD) of the Hague region is tracing anyone who may have come into contact with her.
The GGD will contact these people and instruct them to take their temperatures twice daily. If their symptoms match those of the new coronavirus, they too will be isolated and tested for it.
RIVM and the GGD are staying alert to new infections and always ensure the same protocol is applied: isolating the patient, tracing anyone they may have been in close contact with and carrying out continued monitoring. These measures reduce the likelihood that the virus will spread further in the Netherlands.