The coronavirus in Belgium is not yet defeated. Faced with this, the National Security Council decided to extend the confinement imposed on the entire population until May 3 inclusive. You will find in this article all the information related to the pandemic and its repercussions on the territory.
The National Security Council announced on Wednesday the extension of confinement until May 3 inclusive. The Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès at the same time, announced a series of changes aimed at easing this confinement in force for a month on the territory. You will find all the decisions taken in the article devoted here.
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CORONAVIRUS DIRECT
Businesses must prepare for recovery today after May 3
Companies must prepare now for the restart of their activities after May 3, estimates the Federation of Belgian Enterprises (FEB), following the announcement of the two-week extension of confinement.
The FEB requests that the Group of Experts in charge of the exit strategy (GEES) quickly present a clear strategy for exiting containment. “Companies that are preparing their planning for the next few weeks should know what to expect from the start of next week.”
The garden centers are ready to open
Garden centers are ready to open on Saturday, the Belgian Association of Garden Centers (ABJ) reported on Wednesday. The maintenance of strict security measures for customers and staff has already been prepared.
Less than three-quarters of the testing capacity used at this stage
In the past days, between 6,000 and 7,000 tests at Covid-19 were carried out daily, although the capacity allows to carry 10,000 per day, according to the update of the data communicated by the minister Philippe De Backer (Open Vld) Wednesday evening. No less than 7,137 tests were carried out during the day. “We need to do more testing. Currently we are testing all residents and staff in nursing homes”, says De Backer, who wants to expand the target group.
Belgian non-profit organizations relay a global call to protect people without housing
“Protect, screen, relocate,” Thursday called a global call to protect people without housing, such as homeless people or migrants, whether or not they are accommodated, in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Numerous Belgian associations join this call for solidarity and action, including street nurses, Doctors of the World, Doctors Without Borders, Samusocial, the Citizen Platform, Doucheflux, Bruss’Help.
The implementation of home visits will take place later than Monday
The implementation of the resumption of visits to nursing homes, announced Wednesday at the end of the national security council, will be “concerted with the actresses and actors in the field, as quickly as possible,” assured the Brussels Minister of Health, Alain Maron, on Twitter. “Listening and flexibility will be essential,” he said.
Visits to nursing homes are a possibility not an obligation
Visits to nursing homes are a possibility not an obligation, underlined the Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès Wednesday evening during the newspaper spoken about the chain VTM, commenting on the decisions announced previously at the time of the security council.
“The worst is yet to come” for the Horeca
“We haven’t experienced the worst yet”, Dreads Thierry Neyens, the president of the Horeca Wallonia Federation, while no date for recovery for the sector has yet been set. “It creates a psychosis in the sector”, he testified in L’Avenir Thursday.
Muslim caregivers and detainees may postpone Ramadan fast
The Belgian Muslims Executive (EMB) recommends Wednesday to adjust the way of living the month of Ramadan, because of sanitary measures to limit the spread of Covid-19. Ramadan begins this year on April 24 and will take place, at least in part, during the confinement period.
Coronavirus – “Belgium believes that WHO is doing a good job”
Belgium reaffirms on Wednesday its “continuous commitment” in favor of the World Health Organization (WHO) and even calls for “unfailing” support in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, while Washington has announced that it will suspend its financial support to the organization on Tuesday.
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