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Since the 1950s the newspaper market has been in decline in Belgium. [1] The number of national daily newspapers in the country was 50 in 1950, [1] whereas it was 30 in 1965. [2]
Het Laatste Nieuws (HLN; Dutch pronunciation: [ət ˌlaːtstə ˈnius]; in English The Latest News) is a Dutch-language newspaper based in Antwerp, Belgium. It was founded by Julius Hoste Sr. on 7 June 1888. It is now part of DPG Media, [2] and is the most popular newspaper in Flanders and Belgium.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium has resulted in 4,894,449 [2] confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 34,339 [2] deaths.. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Belgium on 4 February 2020, when one of a group of nine Belgians repatriated from Wuhan to Brussels was reported to have tested positive for the coronavirus.
The paper is published by De Persgroep which also publishes Het Laatste Nieuws. [7] De Morgen presents itself as an independent and progressive newspaper and a more dynamic alternative to its two competitors in the Flemish market, De Standaard and De Tijd. On the other hand, the paper is described as a leftist and socialistic publication. [3]
Accuracy is measured in terms of specificity and selectivity. Test errors can be false positives (the test is positive, but the virus is not present) or false negatives, (the test is negative, but the virus is present). [179] In a study of over 900,000 rapid antigen tests, false positives were found to occur at a rate of 0.05% or 1 in 2000. [180]
7,583,852 (1792.7): 21,820 (0.5): Source: "Actuele informatie over het nieuwe coronavirus (COVID-19)".rivm.nl (in Dutch). 22 September 2020; Notes: On 20 March 2020 RIVM announced that 'the actual number of infections with COVID-19 is higher than those reported beginning with this update, because not everyone with potential infection is tested any more.
Het Nieuwsblad (Dutch pronunciation: [ət ˈniuzblɑt]; English: The Newspaper) is a Flemish newspaper that mainly focusses on "a broad view" regarding politics, culture, economics, lifestyle, society and sports.
De Standaard (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈstɑndaːrt], lit. ' The Standard ') is a Flemish daily newspaper published in Belgium by Mediahuis (formerly Corelio and VUM). It was traditionally a Christian-Democratic paper, associated with the Christian-Democratic and Flemish Party, and in opposition to the Socialist Flemish daily De Morgen.