Former PM who led Belgium’s fight against Covid-19 in intensive care with virus

Former Belgian Prime minister Sophie Wilmes tested positive for coronavirus last week (Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/AP)

Sophie Wilmes, who as Belgian’s prime minister led the country’s fight against coronavirus, is in intensive care with the disease, her office said on Thursday.

Ms Wilmes, 45, who handed the reins over to Alexander de Croo earlier this month and is now Belgian’s foreign minister, announced last week that she had tested positive.