Hay un comunicado oficial en la página del festival:
To the visitors of Rock Werchter 2009
Context
A young man of foreign nationality who attended the Rock Werchter festival on 3, 4 and 5
July, tested positive for the A/H1N1-influenza.
Are other visitors at risk?
The risk of infection is very small for other visitors to the festival. There is no cause for great
concern and the general advice given to the population when travelling abroad is to be applied
here. Everyone with flue symptoms (being fever – over 38° -, coughing, sneezing, muscular
or joint pain, diarrhoea), should ask his general practitioner to make a house call. In case of
doubt, the doctor will have an A/H1N1-test carried out. The risk of infection is especially
important when people have contact during a long period of time, in a closed space. The risk
of infection is very low during short or open air contacts, at a music festival for example. In
Belgium, up until now we haven’t had any case of infection after a superficial contact with a
patient. The risk of being infected during a festival is not higher or lower than in any other
public place.
Precautions to be taken
If you have any of the following symptoms:
 Fever – over 38°C
 Coughing
 Sneezing
 Muscular or joint pain
 Diarrhoea
Please contact your general practitioner and ask him to make a house call.
As a precaution, do not go the doctor's practice or to the hospital yourself. If there is any
doubt about your condition, your doctor will have an A/H1N1-test performed in order to be
sure as soon as possible. In any case, stay at home, do not go to work and try to avoid any
contact with other people until the doctor's visit.
