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=== Coronavirus pandemic === [[Belgian Armed Forces|Belgian Defense]] announced on 25 March 2020 that a crew member had tested positive for [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|SARS-CoV-2]].<ref name="leopold.twitter">{{cite tweet |url=https://mobile.twitter.com/BelgiumDefence/status/1242815074127020033 |title=Despite all the precautions taken, a case of contamination COVID19 has been confirmed among the crew of the frigate Leopold I.|user=BelgiumDefence |number=1242815074127020033 |date=25 March 2020}}</ref> The sailor had been evacuated via air to [[Den Helder]] on 20 March 2020 after he began showing symptoms, and was [[quarantine|quarantined]] at home when the test returned positive on 24 March.<ref name="leopold.mil">{{cite web |url=https://www.mil.be/fr/article/contamination-au-coronavirus-le-leopold-i-reste-quais |title=Contamination au Coronavirus: Le Leopold I Reste Γ Quais |language=French |publisher=Belgian Military |date=27 March 2020 |access-date=4 August 2020 |archive-date=22 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422104651/https://www.mil.be/fr/article/contamination-au-coronavirus-le-leopold-i-reste-quais |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="leopold.vrt">{{cite web |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2020/03/25/corona-infection-on-board-belgian-frigate-leopold-i/ |title=Corona infection on board Belgian frigate Leopold I |work=vrt.be |date=25 March 2020 |access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="leopold.bruxelles2">{{cite web |url=http://www.bruxelles2.eu/2020/04/covid-19-did-belgium-make-the-right-choice-by-interrupting-the-foch-mission/?lang=en |title=Covid-19. Did Belgium make the right choice by interrupting the Foch mission |work=bruxelles2.eu |date=10 April 2020 |access-date=4 August 2020 |archive-date=26 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426144739/https://www.bruxelles2.eu/2020/04/covid-19-did-belgium-make-the-right-choice-by-interrupting-the-foch-mission/?lang=en |url-status=dead }}</ref> As a precaution, the ship broke off from its operation with the [[carrier battle group#France|French carrier battle group]] led by ''Charles de Gaulle'' and returned to Zeebrugge on 27 March 2020, about a month earlier than planned.<ref name="leopold.mil"></ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/01/french-carrier-strike-group-begins-foch-deployment/ |title=French Carrier Strike Group Begins 'Foch' Deployment |work=navalnews.com |date=22 January 2020 |access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref>
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