The coronavirus in Belgium affects more and more people. So how do you organize your daily life with someone who has coronavirus? What precautions should you take for yourself and others?
Vincent Maréchal, the host of Bel RTL tries to keep his good humor, but not easy. His partner, Valérie, is sick, has coronavirus and lives upstairs. Vincent shows us the so-called “confined” part. “I just put things on top of the stairs.“
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Now he prepares meals for her from the ground floor. “I have to disinfect all of his plates. And then it seems a bit silly, but in the dishwasher, you have to make sure you have a program that is good at 70 degrees.“The opportunity to write him a message with breakfast. The rest of the time, they communicate by SMS and video.
“You know you have someone who is sick, who makes you live their illness. And you are right next door, but you can’t do anything. I’d like to be right next to her for the reassuring side of things, I’m not a doctor so I won’t be able to do much more. Just the presence. So she knows I’m here, but it’s a little special.“
In the meantime, Vincent takes all the precautions, washes everything he touches with an antiseptic product. “I also put part of this product in a spray that I collected. It allows me once in a while to spray the surfaces.“
For the moment, Vincent has no symptoms, until he leaves his home. It is the neighbors who do the shopping.
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