![]() US president Donald Trump announces a ban on inbound travel from the European Union except Ireland, to take effect on March 14. Rutte refuses to close schools despite pressure from teachers, insisting children are ‘not a big risk group’. Gatherings of more than 100 people are banned. March 12: The ‘work from home guideline’ is extended to the whole country. March 10: The Dutch government changes its travel advice to Italy to code orange, meaning essential travel only. Travel is restricted to work and family emergencies and all sporting events are cancelled. The Italian quarantine is extended to the whole country. The Netherlands is still in the containment phase, he says. March 9: Rutte announces a band on hand shaking and advises people in Noord-Brabant to work from home if possible for the next seven days. Tourists are still allowed to leave the region. March 8: Italy quarantines most of the north of the country, containing 16 million people. The RIVM advises people in Noord-Brabant who have cold-like symptoms to stay home until they recover. The victim is an 86-year-old man who was being treated in Rotterdam. March 6: The first death from Covid-19 in the Netherlands is confirmed. March 5: The number of Dutch confirmed cases more than doubles from 38 to 82. March 3: Spain reports its first Covid-19 death. She returned from a skiing trip to Lombardy on February 23. The 56-year-old man had been on a work trip to northern Italy and joined in the Carnaval festivities shortly before falling ill.įebruary 28: The second coronavirus case is a woman from Diemen who works in a hospital in Amsterdam. Medical care minister Bruno Bruins announces the news during a live TV special on the virus. Italy cordons off 11 municipalities in the northern province of Lombardy with a combined population of 50,000 in an attempt to contain the virus.įebruary 22: The number of coronavirus cases in Italy jumps from 21 to 79, including two patients who have died.įebruary 27: The first positive test for coronavirus in the Netherlands is confirmed in Tilburg. Photo: David Woo/Flickrįebruary 6: KLM cancels all flights to the Chinese mainland until March 28.įebruary 17: The 17 passengers who flew from Wuhan to the Netherlands leave quarantine.įebruary 19: Five Dutch tourists on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which was hit by coronavirus, are allowed to go home after testing negative.įebruary 21: Carnaval weekend begins, with revellers cramming into bars and nightclubs in Noord-Brabant, Limburg and parts of Gelderland. Five other Dutch citizens opt to stay in China.įebruary 4: A Belgian national who was on board the flight is diagnosed with coronavirus. January 30: Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte announces the country’s first two cases.įebruary 3: Seventeen people who were evacuated from Wuhan arrive in Eindhoven via Marseille and go straight into quarantine for 14 days. ![]() ![]() January 24: Europe’s first case is reported in France. January 22: Officials in Wuhan announce a quarantine of the entire city of 11 million people will begin at 10am the following day. January 20: The United States and South Korea both report their first coronavirus cases to the WHO. World Health Organization (WHO) January 14, 2020 Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China□□. January 14: The World Health Organisation tweets that ‘preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in Wuhan.’ The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control publishes its first risk assessment. January 9 2020: Chinese scientists confirm 59 cases of the novel coronavirus. ![]() Here is a full timeline of how the disease reached and spread through the Netherlands and the government’s response.ĭecember 31 2019: Wuhan Municipal Health Commission in China issues the first public announcement of 27 cases of a new type of pneumonia infection. The first case of coronavirus was reported in the Netherlands on February 27 and the first death announced on March 6. Coronavirus: A timeline of the pandemic in the Netherlands Photo: Brandon Hartley Photo: Brandon Hartley ![]()
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