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Belgium has even overtaken the Czech Republic, which has declared a state of emergency. The infection rate per 100,000 inhabitants in 14 days in Belgium reached 1,390. In the Czech Republic it is 1,380.
With the rise in infections, Belgium has recently tightened its measures. Since Monday in the capital, Brussels, for example, there is an obligation to wear masks in a public place and the curfew from 22.00 to 6.00. Similar strict conditions apply to the entire French-speaking part of the country.
The Liège region is particularly affected by the pandemic. According to the union, dozens of doctors and nurses work here despite being infected with the coronavirus.
“We have to choose between a bad decision and a very bad decision,” Philippe Devos of the Belgian Medical Workers Association told dpa. A very bad decision, he said, is patients who do not receive any treatment.
According to Devos, doctors and nurses who work despite the infection have no symptoms. Hospitals in the region are said to employ more than 100 infected nurses. Devos said they only treat infected patients. Plus, they wear the best masks available. All conditions are such that the risk of infection is very low.
In the Czech Republic it approved more than 10 thousand. new cases of COVID-19
In the Czech Republic, 10,273 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed last day, as reported by the Health Ministry on Monday, Reuters reports.
This is one of the highest numbers of confirmed infections per day at 10.7 million. population. Contains more than 10 thousand. The cases began to be confirmed in mid-October. In the last week, an average of 12 thousand cases.
The Health Ministry reported 164 new deaths on Tuesday, 75 of which, according to adjusted data, registered the day before. The total number of victims currently stands at 2,365 and has doubled since October 13.
As the country’s hospitals face an ever-increasing workload, the government announced Wednesday that it would introduce a curfew and limit the opening hours of stores. The country is already closed to bars, restaurants, most outlets, theaters, and sports and wellness facilities.
In the Czech Republic, a total of 268,370 cases of new coronavirus have been reported since the start of the pandemic, a figure that has doubled in the last two weeks.
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