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Hemelrijck Nursing Home in Clay admitted Saturday that a mistake had been made in allowing the visit to take place.
According to the municipality of Moli, an “in-depth investigation” will be necessary to finally decide whether the visit is really the cause of the outbreak in the nursing home. Here, the coronavirus has so far been detected in 61 residents and 14 workers.
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A resident who has already undergone palliative care has died and another patient with severe symptoms is receiving oxygen therapy in a nursing home, reports the municipality of Moli. Other infected people are said to feel fine and have no symptoms.
Every year on December 6, Belgians rush to see if St. Nicolas, called Sinterklaas in the Flemish-speaking part of the country, left them gifts.
A person who played Sinterklaas, the son of a nursing home resident, was diagnosed with coronavirus shortly after the visit.
According to the municipality, the man was not ill during the visit.
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The Armonea nursing home operator told CNN that St. The man who played Mikalojus visited only the common areas of the nursing home, did not stay in one place for more than a few minutes, stayed away from residents, did not shared gifts.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 609 thousand infections, 18 deaths associated with COVID-19.
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