A case of coronavirus detected on board. Leopold I returns (v2)
(B2) A case of coronavirus contamination was detected among the crew of the frigate Leopold I which was part of the mission of the carrier battle group and accompanied the French aircraft carrier Charles-de-Gaulle from Gibraltar to the sea of North.
As a precaution, the ship left the Foch mission and is now heading to its home port of Zeebrugge, indicated the Belgian navy this Wednesday (March 25). He is due to arrive there on Friday (March 27) in the morning. The vessel was consigned to dock.
Un screening methods and control measures are planned on board by the medical team. " All the necessary sanitary measures and precautions will be taken for its arrival at the port, both for the staff and for the ship. ".
Suffering from certain symptoms, the patient had been disembarked " a few days ago » on the Dutch basis of DenHelder. “At the time of the positive test, he was in quarantine at his home” (1) specifies the Belgian defense in another communicated (published March 27).
(NGV)
- The captain of the ship heard the news on March 24.
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