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It is raining harsh reactions to Friday’s Consultation Committee. “A missed opportunity,” says virologist Marc Van Ranst. Steven Van Gucht also wonders whether the current measures are sufficient. “Can anyone explain how today’s non-decisions will bend the curve and the situation in hospitals?” Tweeted Margot Cloet, CEO of Zorgnet Icuro. “We lose a week,” she says to Radio 1.
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Frustration after the consultation committee yesterday. Although the figures are rising alarmingly, few concrete measures have been taken. Afterwards, Minister of Health Frank Vandenbroucke could not hide his frustrations. He thinks that the communities, including in the schools, show too little strength. “They need to know for themselves – together with us – what is most important to them,” said the minister in the Appointment on Friday. “That needs to be clarified in the coming days.”
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Virologists are also waiting with a scared heart. “We hope that the numbers will fall again. At the risk that we will have to say in a few weeks, if only we had … “, it was said earlier.” Very few measures have been taken that have an extra impact on what threatens to increase the epidemic. ”, Van Ranst told VRT. “This is a missed opportunity.” At VTM he was even sharper. “We will be in a situation that we cannot get out of without pulling the emergency brake.”
Postponing the planned relaxation is not enough, says virologist Steven Van Gucht. “I think we will have to wait and see what will happen in the coming days, but we expect a further increase. (…) Actually, we should take action now. ”
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Margot Cloet, top woman of Zorgnet Icuro, is also particularly keen on the lack of measures. “Can anyone explain how today’s (not) decisions are going to deflect the curve and the situation in hospitals?” she tweeted. “I look forward.”
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Cloet says he is mainly disappointed: “We see the number of hospital admissions increasing rapidly, the number of patients in intensive care is increasing, we have to postpone the other care,” she told Radio 1 on Saturday. “I think we will lose a week. . I had hoped for measures that would reduce the number of infections and hospital admissions. Now it looks like we are driving blind and are about to hit the wall. Maybe we should be a bit stricter now, in order to be able to relax afterwards ”.
“The announced relaxations were not yet on the agenda. It would be better if there was no announcement policy, but that decisions are made on the basis of figures. I feel a great reluctance not to disappoint, but if more infections come, disappointments will follow. Postponing decisions won’t help motivation either. I would also like children to be able to enjoy full-time education, but maybe it would be better to press the pause button now and then go back to it. ”
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