Anticorona flag
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Origin
In the second half of March 2020, a solidarity movement with the medical staff emerged spontaneously in Belgium. Belgians began to display white flags without any additional symbols on their homes. White as a color that is characteristic of the uniforms of doctors, medical nurses and technicians.[1][2][3] They were joined in the action by the Royal Palace of Brussels, displaying a white flag on March 23, 2020, and posting a photo on their Twitter profile.[3] The Palace intended to express its solidarity with the nursing staff.[1][2][3]
The white flag generally stands for surrender. From this perspective, the Heraldry Society of Slovenia Heraldica Slovenica took the Belgian initiative and added to the flag a heraldic and symbolic representation of coronavirus and solidarity with medical workers.
Meaning
The symbol presents the victory of health care over the epidemic. A white field is overlaid by the Rod of Asclepius, the symbol of healthcare workers and medicine, rising over the defeated and overturned crown (Lat. corona).[4][5][6][7][8]
Use
The flag soon became internationally recognized, and the Slovenian government adopted it as a logo for the national mobile software application for digital tracing of COVID-19, #OstaniZdrav (#StayHealthy).[9][10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "La palais royal arbore un drapeau blanc en solidarité avec le personnel soignant". BX1 (in français). 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Coronavirus: le drapeau blanc du palais royal". Communes, régions, Belgique, monde, sports – Toute l'actu 24h/24 sur Lavenir.net (in français). Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Heimer, Željko (2021-04-01). "Epidemijska veksilologija – uporaba zastava u kontroli i prevenciji širenja zaraznih bolesti". Sociologija i prostor : časopis za istraživanje prostornoga i sociokulturnog razvoja (in hrvatski). 59 (219): 303–321. doi:10.5673/sip.59.0.12. ISSN 1846-5226.
- ↑ "Heraldica Slovenica". www.heraldica-slovenica.si. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ↑ Heimer, Željko (2021-04-01). "Epidemijska veksilologija – uporaba zastava u kontroli i prevenciji širenja zaraznih bolesti". Sociologija i prostor : časopis za istraživanje prostornoga i sociokulturnog razvoja (in hrvatski). 59 (219): 303–321. doi:10.5673/sip.59.0.12. ISSN 1846-5226.
- ↑ "Flags in the time of Covid". Portland Flag Association. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ↑ "THE LATEST NEWS | NAVA.org". Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ↑ "Anti-Coronavirus Flag". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ↑ "Heraldica Slovenica". www.heraldica-slovenica.si. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ↑ "The #OstaniZdrav mobile application | GOV.SI". Portal GOV.SI. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
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