everything you need to know this Friday in Belgium and around the world
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How is the coronavirus pandemic evolving in Belgium and around the world? Here is the summary of the factual information of this Friday, October 29.
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Figures, precautions, measures to relieve doctors: the point of the Crisis Center
The Crisis Center and Sciensano took stock this Friday on the coronavirus epidemic in our country. Currently, all indicators continue to increase, although a slowdown seems to be occurring.
No need for CST (yet) to go to the movies this weekend
The Federation of Belgian Cinemas tried to speed up the measure on Wednesday, by way of a press release. But CST will not be required to access a movie theater before Monday, November 1.
Almost 3,000 cases in schools 8 weeks after the start of the school year
The number of coronavirus infections in schools in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation has skyrocketed between the 7th and 8th week of classes since the start of the school year. We are still far from the peaks of the previous school year.
Children invited to self-test before a course or camp
Since the start of the Covid-19 epidemic, school holidays have often helped to slow down contamination. However, with extra-curricular activities being more numerous again, interfederal spokespersons for Covid do not expect this to be the case again this fall. “We ask to make a self-test to the children” who will have an active social life during the holidays so that they are not at the base of a new cluster.
Assessment this Friday: more than 6,000 cases per day, contaminations seem to be slowing down
Between October 20 and 25, an average of 6,096 people were infected with Covid-19 every day, according to figures from the Sciensano Public Health Institute updated on Friday morning.
1.BELGIUM
School tracing: soon a call center to support schools in the free network
The directors of the secondary schools of the free network must continue to manage the tracing until the All Saints holiday. But they are no longer alone.
The Corona Commissariat insists on measures to lighten the work of doctors
It is not mandatory to call your GP immediately after high-risk contact with someone infected with the coronavirus, and from next week people can judge whether to get tested or see a doctor. a doctor if you have symptoms.
Half of Belgian companies invested in ventilation of workplaces
A little more than half of Belgian companies (55%) indicated that they had provided for an additional ventilation system to the simple opening of doors and windows, according to a survey carried out by Liantis among more than 1,500 companies and published on Friday.
Vaccination leave extended to support a minor child
The vaccination leave for workers, which entered into force in April and which allows them to be absent in order to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, has been extended, announced Friday the Minister of the Economy and Labor Pierre-Yves Dermagne.
False Covid Safe Ticket or false test result: what are the risky sanctions?
The Luxembourg public prosecutor’s office has communicated on the possible sanctions in the event of fraud in the CST or in the test.
A corona bonus of 500 € for workers in the cleaning sector
Unions and employers have reached an agreement for some 80,000 workers in the cleaning sector. They will receive a corona premium of 500 euros.
2.REGIONS
In lack of personnel, Chirec must send Covid patients
The chief physician of Chirec de Braine-l’Alleud is very worried about this fourth wave, while patients with “classic” pathologies are well off.
The third dose from November 10 in Braine-l’Alleud
The four vaccination lines which will be reopened at the municipal stadium will be accessible from Wednesday to Saturday, by appointment only.
25 deaths in Brussels this week, Cocom calls for vigilance
The positivity rate rose to 8.8% on Friday.
3.WORLD
The French Senate refuses to extend the “sanitary pass” until the summer
The French Senate, authorized by the right-wing opposition, on Thursday refused to extend until July 31, 2022 the use of the “health pass” against the coronavirus epidemic, engaging in a standoff with the majority of President Emmanuel Macron .
WHO Europe calls for schools to stay open
The European regional office of the World Health Organization is appealing on Friday for schools to remain open.
Hundreds of flights canceled to cope with sporadic outbreaks
Beijing airports on Friday canceled hundreds of flights and travel conditions were tightened across China to fight the emergence of outbreaks of Covid-19.
Maternity care has been disrupted
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted maternity care around the world, according to an online survey by the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine (IMT) of more than 1,000 healthcare providers.
The pandemic continued to accelerate in Europe this week
The Covid-19 pandemic has continued to accelerate this week in Europe, mainly in the East, but has continued to decline elsewhere in the world: here are the striking weekly developments, taken from an AFP database.
“Hitler”, “SpongeBob”: the EU curbs an epidemic of fraudulent health passes
Faced for a few days with the dissemination of fake health vaccination passes, including some in the names of Adolf Hitler or SpongeBob, European countries have ended up talking about poorly protected cryptographic keys, while the French and Polish authorities have launched an investigation.
US clears Pfizer vaccine for 5-11 year olds
The United States on Friday authorized Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for 5 to 11 year olds, paving the way for the imminent launch of a new major milestone in the immunization campaign, which affects 28 million people. children in the country.