The country of 11. 5 million people recorded part of its COVID-19-related deaths in those houses where the spring wave of the pandemic occurred. In the midst of a new outbreak of cases shown, new infections have multiplied at an alarming rate in nursing homes. .
In the Dutch-speaking Flanders region, coronavirus infections in retirement homes increased by 51% and the number of deaths doubled last week, according to media published by figures from the Flemish Health and Care Agency, and the death toll doubled last week.
Care home workers worked during the last peak of the pandemic with a shortage of tests, masks and protective equipment. To prevent a repeat of the situation, visits to retirement homes will now be limited until the curve of the existing epidemic in Belgium is flattened.
Vincent Frédéricq, general secretary of the nursing home federation, said that only the other two people would be allowed to make a stopover in a resident of the house for a period of 15 days. Over the next two weeks, citizens will update their climbers with two others.
Authorized visitors must wear a mask and stay away from other visitors.
“This would possibly be a bad party for some people, however, the scenario in the country is serious and we must be careful,” Frédéricq told the RTL media.
Belgium reported that more than 240,000 showed cases of viruses and more than 10,000 pandemic deaths. After controlling infections during the summer, the Belgian government said the country’s fitness scene was now one of the worst in Europe.
On Wednesday, 2969 patients with COVID-19 were hospitalized, adding 486 in resuscitation. The government warned that extensive care sets would succeed in their capacity of 2,000 beds until mid-November if new instances continue to grow at the same rate.
While the youngest account for the maximum number of cases in Belgium, more than 700 infections were recorded last week among others over the age of 90, up from 300 last week, said COVID-19 crisis center spokesman Yves Van Laethem.
The rate of exponential infection expansion has created one-day queues at test centers, which has led the government to avoid testing others who show no symptoms of COVID-19. Health officials said new citizens in care facilities and others over the age of 65 in other care facilities would continue to be prioritized.