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Twenty-seven residents of a nursing home in Belgium died of KOVID-19 after visiting a man disguised as Santa Claus, who did not know he was infected with the coronavirus, local Flemish authorities and the social institution announced today, quoted by BTA and AFP.
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The Hemelrick nursing home in the city of Mall, Antwerp province, which had 169 occupants at the beginning of this month, now has 85 residents infected with KOVID-19 and 40 staff members with coronavirus, an official at the home told AFP. . that he wished to remain anonymous.
The outbreak broke out a few days after a December 5 visit by a man dressed as Santa Claus who later tested positive for the coronavirus.
Virologist Mark van Ranst, one of Belgium’s leading pandemic experts, said on December 25 that the majority of infected nursing home residents were infected “by the same person.”
Flemish Health and Social Welfare Agency spokesman Joris Monens said “there was no certainty” that the man dressed as Santa Claus was the source of the infection.
The case has not yet been investigated, AFP notes.
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