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Tight living conditions
One of the reasons Belgium was so affected is the dense population: apart from the Netherlands, there is hardly such a high population density in so little space in Europe.
Another reason: the complicated political situation. A total of nine health ministers from Wallonia and Flanders, the federal government and the regions are responsible. With some measures it takes an infinite time before they can be implemented everywhere, with some it is not successful at all.
The capital, Brussels, is particularly affected today, and especially the districts of Molenbeek, Anderlecht and Saint Josse, which are mainly inhabited by poorer immigrant families. You live here in a particularly narrow living space, the virus can hardly be stopped if a family member brings it home first.
Around 4,400 people are currently being treated in hospitals with Covid-19 disease, 708 of whom are in intensive care. One of them is the former Prime Minister of Belgium and now Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmes. She must be in a stable and conscious state.
Two-thirds of crown patients in Belgium’s hospitals are said to be patients with a migratory background, writes the Brussels city newspaper. bruzz. But from Flanders to Wallonia, the virus has already spread across the country. The situation is also extremely bad in Liège (Liège), where intensive care patients can no longer be admitted to hospitals.
