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France passes the 10,000 death mark, more than 17,000 in Italy

The Belgian balance sheet for the past 24 hours: 314 people were hospitalized. A total of 6,012 beds are occupied by people with Covid-19, including 1,260 in intensive care. 2,035 deaths have been reported since the start of the epidemic, 162 more in one day. Health authorities have also been informed of 241 deaths which have taken place in nursing homes in Flanders. 4,157 patients were discharged from the hospital and have been declared cured since March 15.

► Who are the ten members of the “deconfinement” working group? The “Group of Experts in charge of the Exit Strategy” (GEES, it’s its official name) is made up of personalities from the scientific, academic and economic worlds. The “deconfinement” working group is constituted

► Could the virus become cyclical, like the flu? “Yes, we know that other coronaviruses, which are responsible for milder infections in humans and which we have been monitoring for many years, have peaks during the winter period. We do not yet know if this will be the case. same type of cycle that we observe with this coronavirus, but it is quite possible that this virus returns on a regular basis, “explained Emmanuel André.

► The state of health of the English Prime Minister Boris Johnson deteriorated and, on the advice of his medical team, he was transferred to the intensive care unit. He is in stable condition in intensive care and has no pneumonia, according to Downing Street.

Heavy impact of Covid-19 on Belgian employment – “While we forecast three months ago an increase in economic activity of just over 1% for this year, we now expect, according to our basic scenario, that the Belgian economy will shrink by almost 4% in 2020. The situation on the labor market should also deteriorate. ” Ires forecasts therefore predict a sharp fall in Belgian GDP.

► The Bel 20 index gained 2.93% to 3,056.83 points, a jump of 20.88% since its lowest at 2,528.77 points touched on March 17. The Bel 20 is therefore in a “bull market”. Our Live Market.

► The World Health Organization (WHO) urges countries or regions that have implemented population containment measures to combat the spread of the new coronavirus not to get them out too early.

Screening sick people, their immediate entourage as quickly as possible and tracing their contacts will be necessary, considers Tuesday Emmanuel André, inter-federal spokesperson Covid-19, during the daily press point of the Crisis Center. A ‘tracking’ strategy to be implemented when the epidemic is better controlled.

How to succeed in our deconfinement? Which sectors will we revive first, which will regain its freedom? A successful deconfinement requires several tools which are slow to be implemented in Belgium.

EU to guarantee more than € 15 billion to help the most vulnerable countries in Africa and the rest of the world to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced on Tuesday.


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