Belgium faces pivotal week as virus weighs on hospitals
Pressure is building on Belgiumโs hospitals, where 467 people are being admitted on average each day, a rise of 85%. Almost 5,000 people are currently in hospitals, more than 750 of them in intensive care, according to the latest data. โWhat we do now, what we will do in the next two weeks, will be decisive,โ said Yves Van Laethem, a spokesman for Belgiumโs COVID-19 crisis center. If the figures donโt change, he said, โwe are likely to reach 2,000 patients in intensive care in two weeks. The French-speaking region of Wallonia and the Brussels capital region extended a night-time curfew from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.