everything you need to know this Friday, February 4 in Belgium and around the world
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How are the coronavirus pandemic, the Omicron variant and the vaccination campaign evolving in Belgium and around the world? Here is the summary of the information for this Friday, February 4, 2022.
1. Belgium
Positivity and immunity with variable geometry
The duration of Covid-19 positivity as well as that of immune coverage may vary from person to person. And reinfections with the Omicron variant could partly explain positivity rates that seem to be dragging on forever.
Covid: “Belgium has the strictest telework obligation in Europe”
Coronavirus: Voka wants the current telework obligation to be abolished.
Covid: Despite the peak of the 5th wave having passed, “too early” to relax the measures
Virologist Steven Van Gucht believes it is too early to relax health measures to fight the coronavirus.
Covid: only the province of Luxembourg is experiencing an increase in contamination
All Belgian provinces are recording a drop in coronavirus contamination. Only the province of Luxembourg is on the rise.
Marc Uyttendaele: “The attack on freedoms during the health crisis is something serious, political decision-makers are aware of it”
This Friday, in “We must speak”, Maxime Binet received the lawyer and constitutionalist Marc Uyttendaele.
Covid: explosion of sources of contamination in companies in Belgium
The number of outbreaks of coronavirus contamination within companies has more than doubled in Belgium. Telecommuting always recommended.
Covid: two explanations for the sharp increase in deaths among people aged 85 and over
Since mid-January, the number of coronavirus-related deaths among people aged 85 and over has been rising sharply. Explanations by virologist Steven Van Gucht.
Used syringe reused on a child for vaccination against Covid in Evergem: no prosecution
There will be no prosecution against the two employees of the Evergem vaccination center who were investigated after a child was vaccinated with a used syringe.
Covid: compulsory vaccination arouses the great caution of experts
Only the Belgian Association of Medical Unions has come out in favor of this obligation to vaccinate against the coronavirus. We take stock after 4 days of auditions.
Covid: 8 out of 10 young people vaccinated in favor of a vaccine booster
A major corona survey was conducted among 12-17 year olds to find out their opinion.
Covid: Frank Vandenbroucke finalizes the vaccination obligation for nursing staff
It was last November that the De Croo government agreed on the compulsory vaccination of caregivers.
2. Regions
As the peak of the 5th wave has passed, the number of Covid patients doubles in hospitals in Walloon Brabant
While the peak of the Omicron wave seems to have passed, the number of Covid patients in Walloon Brabant hospitals has increased sharply.
Covid: the situation of schools and nursing homes in Dour is stabilizing
The vaccination rate is in line with the regional average, in particular thanks to the town’s vaccination centre.
3.World
Covid: Spain will abandon the obligation to wear a mask outdoors on Tuesday
Reinstated at the end of December in the face of the wave of coronavirus cases caused by the Omicron variant, wearing a mask outdoors will end in Spain.
Greece drops test requirement for travelers vaccinated against Covid
People vaccinated against the coronavirus will no longer have to provide a negative PCR test or undergo a rapid test to enter Greece.
4.sport
Olympics 2022: the Olympic bubble has exceeded 300 positive Covid cases after 21 new cases
21 new cases of coronavirus have been reported by organizers of the Beijing Olympics.