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Belgium may have to impose a total blockade again, as it did in March and April, says a well-known Belgian virologist. Hundreds of people are hospitalized daily and the number of Covid-19 cases has skyrocketed.
If the proliferation of coronavirus infections and hospitalizations is not stopped, Belgian authorities will not be able to avoid total quarantine, says a prominent Belgian virologist, according to Agerpres.
“In such a case, we would have to consider even more restrictive measures, which would mean a ‘lockdown’ like the tax in March and April,” Yves Van Laethem was quoted as saying by Reuters. .
Van Laethem, who supports national press conferences on the COVID-19 situation, said that only a possible vaccine or effective treatment would help stop the pandemic.
Covid-19 cases increase, several European countries have already imposed severe restrictions
In the context of the rapid increase in cases in Europe, Ireland imposed some of the toughest restrictions on the continent on Monday, and Welsh a two-week lockdown is scheduled to begin on Friday.
On Sunday Belgian Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke said that the entire capital, Brussels and southern Wallonia, were “near a tsunami”, the health situation being the worst in Europe.
He said a tsunami would mean authorities had lost control of the situation and health procedures other than COVID-19 would have to be postponed.
Belgium, a country of 11 million, reported a daily average of 7,876 new infections, 252 hospitalizations and 30 deaths in the week ending October 15.
During the peak period of the spring coronavirus infection in late March, more than 600 people were hospitalized daily in Belgium.
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