Belgium's deputy PM in intensive care with coronavirus

Sophie Wilmes, 45, who tested positive for virus on Saturday, is said to be stable and conscious

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Belgium's deputy prime minister, Sophie Wilmes, who had led the country until last month, has been taken into intensive care after testing positive for coronavirus.

A spokesman said Wilmes, 45, was stable and conscious but that she was in need of treatment. Wilmes had announced only last Friday that she was going into self-isolation after developing suspicious symptoms".