With an average of 2,765 infections detected every day, the decline in the corona numbers continues, which is of course positive news. But if the current trend in decline continues at this rate, we will still be at 500 infections per day by the holiday season. An extrapolation of the figures on our chart at the bottom also shows this.
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“This figure could be even higher if more high-risk contacts and travelers are tested,” said Van Gucht. And he immediately warned. “This means that the number of infections in the year-end period will still be five times higher than in the period in June.” On June 30, we reached the lowest point with an average of 83 infections per day.
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Moreover, we were then at the beginning of the summer, “which made further suppression of the virus a lot easier than now”, it still sounded. With the warmer weather people lived outside more, an advantage that is no longer there, certainly not in the coming weeks and months. “With the end-of-year celebrations and winter approaching, the challenge to control the virus becomes a lot bigger,” says Van Gucht.
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