“The line is thin between overdoing it and doing too little against the Covid-19. Maggie De Block finds a good balance,” said Belgian Hans Kluge, director for Europe at the World Health (WHO).
Speaking Wednesday in an interview with Knack, he said it is “certainly too early” to relax the measures. Asked about the Belgian approach to the pandemic, Mr. Kluge said he had respect for the Minister of Public Health Maggie De Block (Open Vld), welcoming her sensible attitude. “Belgium clearly has a strategy to fight this pandemic. There is a thin line between doing too much and doing too little. Maggie De Block finds a good balance in this regard,” said Kluge. He also praises the competence of various “international class” experts in Belgium, such as virologists Johan Neyts, Peter Piot and Marc Van Ranst.
During the interview, Mr. Kluge assures that the confinement should gradually be removed. “We are in the process of developing different strategies to guide countries. (…) I find it unfortunate that each nation has its ideas, when we have a clear up-to-date role at WHO to draw up a unified approach. But it is certainly still too early to relax the measures at present “.
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