Tag: Belgium
Belgium prison closes: Half of prisoners are infected with coronavirus
The Belgian prison Namur has been closed, just as the inmates have been locked inside their cells after half of them tested positive for coronavirus. More...
Belgium coronavirus statistics take a turn for the worse
The average number of new Covid cases in Belgium is up again, by 19%. More...
Students aged 5 to 12 are most often infected with coronavirus in Belgium
We are currently finding in Belgium more and more young people under the age of 19 infected by the coronavirus. More...
Almost 30% of Brussels GP’s have been infected with coronavirus
Almost three in ten (28%) general practitioners in Brussels have been infected with coronavirus, according to a survey by the Federation of Brussels General Practitioners (FAMGB). More...
Major outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 South African Variant 501YV2 in Ostend, Belgium
Belgium has declared its first major outbreak of the South African variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 [501Y.V2], More...
B.1.1.7 Coronavirus mutation also reported in Iceland, Denmark, Belgium, Australia, Italy & Netherlands
“The governments of Australia, Italy and the Netherlands say they detected cases of the new strain. More...
The coronavirus can mutate swiftly in one person’s body
The new coronavirus resurged again and again in the body of an infected man, eventually killing him while showing evidence of fast-paced evolution. More...
Healthy woman re-infected with coronavirus in Belgium
A healthy young woman who developed antibodies against the new coronavirus (Covid-19) after being infected in the first wave of the pandemic was reinfected in September, De Standaard newspaper reported on Saturday, based on a Belgian case study that is still to undergo a peer review. More...
Children are more susceptible to coronavirus than first thought
Research by Leuven university (KU Leuven) and the Belgian health institute Sciensano has revealed that young children can catch coronavirus just like adults, but they hardly suffer from it. More...