Yves van Latham, Belgium’s spokesman for the fight against coronavirus, has warned that unless Belgians change their behavior, intensive care units will reach a capacity of 2,000 patients in 15 days.
In a news conference Monday, Van Latham said the country’s 1,000 intensive beds are already in use, with a total of 1,250 occupied by the end of the week. Both hospital and intensive care admissions are doubled every eight days, he added.
In an interview with state broadcaster RTBF on Monday, Van Latham added that a decision would be made on whether to impose a second lockdown “before the end of the week”, adding that “if Belgium does not see” signs of slowing down. Hospitalization “, strict measures may be required.
The government imposed new rules on the population last week in an effort to slow the spread of the virus. There seems to be a daily curfew from midnight to 5 a.m., restaurants and cafes are closed for seating services, and people expect it to be impossible to work from home. Amateur sporting events have been canceled and any professional competitions must be without spectators.
When Van Latheheim said that while “it is possible to get out of this without a lockdown,” officials were preparing for all the events, and if a second lockdown was imposed, the government would “not waste two or three days” before bringing it. In effect.
A total of 333,718 cases and 10,899 deaths have been reported in Belgium since the onset of the epidemic, according to Science.
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