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Zur Zeit gilt eine Kontaktsperre unter den Menschen in Deutschland. Auch in der gesamten Welt sind die Maßnahmen, um die Corona-Pandemie einzudämmen enorm.
Doch noch ist bis heute eine Abflachung der Infektionskurve nicht zu beobachten.
WIR MÜSSEN DURCHHALTEN UND ABSTAND HALTEN!
STAY SAFE and STAY AT HOME!
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Yesterday 503 have been hospitalised in Belgium, bringing the total to 7,773, of whom 1,245 are in intensive care, 40 in the last 24 hours. Since the number of diagnoses is reliant on the number of people tested that number is a more reliable indicator of the progress of the epidemic than either the number of diagnoses or the number of deaths. Based on that number experts said that we are gaining control over the epidemic. Hospital admissions peaked on March 28, with 629 admissions in 24 hours. Since then the trend has been downward, with yesterday’s figure the lowest since the peak. But even with the number of cases starting to fall we are still far from the end. It is clear, the current strategy of shutting down large parts of society is not sustainable in the long-term. The social and economic damage would be catastrophic. Belgium’s Budget Minister said that the economic impact of the corona crisis will be at least twice as heavy as that of the 2008 financial crisis. It will be almost as bad as in 1929, he said. So, tighten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride out… Stay Safe, Stay Healthy - Ghent, Belgium
The total number of patients infected with the new coronavirus (Covid-19) in the Belgian hospitals continues to decrease, announced the Federal Public Health Service during its daily press briefing yesterday. They reported 310 new patients that were admitted to the hospital in the last 24 hours whilst 455 people were discharged and declared recovered, bringing the total number of people in the hospital because of the coronavirus to 5,309. Unfortunately, also 417 new deaths have been reported. The total number of deaths in Belgium since the beginning of the pandemic is currently 4,857. Many people ask why Belgium reports significantly more deaths than other European countries during this corona crisis. I don’t know… The government argues that Belgium is including all deaths in its daily figures, i.e. confirmed corona deaths in hospitals together with deaths in care homes, including many unconfirmed COVID-19 cases. It is not always clear whether the people who died in a care home actually succumbed because of the novel corona virus. So this is how they explain why our daily rate and total number of fatalities is higher per capita than in our neighbouring country. After conflicting/confusing communication regarding mouth masks and lockdown measures at retirement homes I’m very skeptical about what to believe and what not to believe. I guess the future will tell if the authorities have been transparent about this one. Stay Safe, Stay Healthy – Korenlei, Ghent, Belgium.
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28 Corona related deaths and 82 new infections were reported yesterday. The figure is slightly up on the day but remains under the 100 threshold. A major relaxation of the Corona restriction becomes effective as of 8 June. PM Sophie Wilmès said: “We started by banning everything. There was a lockdown. Starting 8 June we will think differently. Freedom is our point of departure. Everything will be possible, except the things that are banned.” While we are moving into the “new normal” the full extent of the impact of COVID-19 is not yet known, it is clear that it goes well beyond the immediate deaths and morbidity. The impact is likely to be felt for long after COVID-19 itself has been dealt with, with there being long-lasting implications for cancelled elective healthcare, mass unemployment, and extended social isolation. Every century has six or seven years, which represent main turning points. 2020 is certainly a candidate to become one of those few key years, shaping this century is: a deadly virus challenging economy, globalisation, mobility and consumption and even creating the general consensus that freedom of movement belongs among our highest goods. Today’s picture demonstrates that it’s not all gloom and doom and that vacationing in your own city can be an enjoyable alternative to long distance traveling – Ketelvaart, Ghent, Belgium
Yesterday 420 new patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of people in the hospital because of the coronavirus to 5,840. Of those patients, 1,257 are in the intensive care unit, which is a decrease of 4. The bad news is that 185 new deaths have been reported bringing the total number of deaths in Belgium since the beginning of the pandemic to 1,632. Despite this grim news there is a general feeling that we are moving towards a situation of gaining control over the epidemic and that there are early signs that the spread of new coronavirus cases is slowing. Meanwhile, the government keeps stressing that we must remain vigilant and issued an update on the nationwide lockdown measures to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic including clarifications to family events and outings. The instructions, however, are not always clear… On display is young couple resting on a bench whilst the signs clearly indicate that this is not allowed. At the end, even during these challenging times, common sense needs to prevail! Stay Safe, Stay Healthy – Portus Ganda, Ghent, Belgium
Bobcat (Lynx rufus); San Mateo County, Santa Cruz Mountains, California, U.S.A. #flattenthecurve #aplanarlacurva
Yesterday’s corona statistics continued to look good: there were 25 fatalities reported and 34 people were hospitalized with Covid-19. The latter is the lowest figure in quite a while, and we have not yet seen any deterioration through the relaxation. Yesterday saw also the results of a survey probing what keeps people up at night now that we’re seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. Unsurprisingly the public health emergency and the political stalemate came out tops and eclipsed worries about public finances and the climate. I guess the future will tell if my compatriots got it right. Today’s picture is another shot from downtown Ghent during the “Great Lockdown” – De Krook, Ghent, Belgium
It has been months since a novel strand of the coronavirus was discovered in Wuhan, China. As the pandemic continues to spread, all kind of measures have been implemented to avoid transmitting the virus. For those keeping us safe self-isolation is not an option. As hospitals continue to welcome new coronavirus patients, medical staff are likely to come under further strain. In recognition for their invaluable work all kinds of initiatives have been launched. At display is a banner in front of the University Hospital in Ghent saying, “Your Good Care Gives Us Hope for Tomorrow”. I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to everyone (healthcare workers, police officers, grocery store workers, truck drivers, etc.) that is working flat out to meet the challenge of the coronavirus. Meanwhile, the number of cases continues to increase, although the rate of increase appears to be slowing. The Belgian government confirmed 1,702 new cases of infection by Covid-19 to bring the total of confirmed cases to 10,836. Of the newly confirmed cases, 629 have been hospitalised, bringing the total to 4,138, of whom 867 are in intensive care. The number of fatalities went up by 78 since yesterday to bring the total to 431 for the whole epidemic so far. Stay Safe, Stay Healthy – Prinsenhof, Ghent, Belgium.
Yesterday’s figures continue to provide hope that the corona emergency is easing while the epidemic continues to demand a high toll: 230 corona-related deaths were recorded and 211 patients were hospitalised, bringing the total number of people that are treated in hospital to 4,527. Meanwhile, the corona death toll in Belgium keeps attracting attention of the international press. Whilst the European press acknowledges that our figure is an overestimate and that it’s nearly as we are being too honest some US press is less diplomatic when talking about the mortality rate in Belgium: “Champion of Coronavirus” and “Belgian Corona Riddle” … Our virologists are urging caution when comparing figures and stress that we are the only country to include deaths in care homes. I think we all should realize that the corona crisis is not a race and that we'd be better off concentrating on finding the best way to count deaths instead of pointing fingers. In the midst of all of this, I continue with my daily corona walk documenting Ghent as it unrolls before my eyes… - Brugse Poort, Ghent, Belgium
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#stayhome #makeart and #flattenthecurve
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Supermarkets are taking measures to fight crowding and curb unnecessary hoarding in their stores, as costumers continue to panic-buy amid the coronavirus pandemic - Nieuw Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
43 COVID-19-related deaths were reported yesterday, but for the second day in a row there were fewer than 50 hospitalisations. All excellent news if it was not for the 282 new cases of coronavirus that were confirmed. That number is still relatively high and hasn’t been moving down for the last couple of days. There was also mention that there are a lot of bankruptcies expected in the non-food industry yesterday. While businesses in that sector have reopened their doors, their turnover is still way below normal, according to a survey published on Saturday. Also, the hospitality business is becoming more outspoken about their desire to re-open shop earlier then June 8. I must admit that during our corona walks we’re missing a cool refreshment on one of the many terraces downtown Ghent – Slachthuisbrug, Ghent, Belgium.
Yesterday’s figures show a further fall in the number of deaths from COVID-19 and a fall in the number of patients that have contracted the virus that are being cared for in Belgian hospitals. Only 67 new COVID-19 patients were admitted to hospital and 56 deaths have been reported. The biggest news event yesterday was the partially reopening of the schools. A big day for many thousands of schoolchildren who are returning to school for the first time since 13 March. Stepping into the post-corona future everybody is preparing themselves in their way for making the next normal work – Koopvaardijlaan, Ghent, Belgium.
Calling the whole word 🌍
Ladies #showmeyourbra
Stay at Home!! Stay Safe !!
FLATTEN THE CURVE NOT OUR CURVES!!
Support our Hospital Staff in every country, support our carers, our doctors, our nurses, and here in the UK please support our #NHS
For years we have encouraged woman to check their breasts, to check for lumps, to get mammograms, to go for cervical smears, for years we had to break the taboo!! I have ran so many races to raise awareness and money, but now all screening everything we fought for has been cancelled indefinitely!!
If we stay at home we will flatten the curve and this in turn supports each other and every woman, we can all get through this Pandemic and then we start cancer screening again. If we don't do as our governments and hospitals ask then someone you love, your wife, your mum, your daughter, your sister, your best friend won't get screened and next year we face a cancer epidemic instead!!
My mammogram was cancelled last week indefinitely. I have a small titanium plate in my right breast, I had a small tumour removed last January, I won't get my mammogram now, I won't know if its grown back, I won't know for months, how many woman right now don't know they have a tumour and need a mammogram, the art of surviving is catching it early.
So PLEASE PLEASE stay at home, support our #NHS so they can support us
#showmeyourbra
#thinkpink #thinkcancer #stayathome #supportourNHS
#supporteachother #savelives #flattenthecurve #stopthepandemic #breastscreening #cervicalscreening
#macmillan #breastcancer #flattenthecurvenotourcurves #throughherlens #kissthepixel #SupportourNHS
A first light at the end of the tunnel was reported yesterday: the daily number of new patients in the hospitals have decreased a few days in a row. 420 patients with COVID-19 were hospitalized during the last 24 hours, which brings the total number in hospitals to 5,840. The number of patients in intensive care units has also been stable. 1,257 are in an intensive care unit, which actually was a decrease by 4 compared to the previous day. Despite these first signs of hope the head of the expert team appointed to steer Belgium out of the nationwide standstill warned that it’s far too early to define a timetable to lift the coronavirus lockdown. It’s dawning on me that this is going to be a long, very long process. Let’s fasten our safety belts this is going to be a bumpy ride out. Stay Safe, Stay Healthy – Vleeshuisbrug, Ghent, Belgium
The national crisis centre reported yesterday 313 extra deaths, bringing the total death toll to more than 5,000. The number of patients that had to be taken to hospital follows the downward trend of the past days. And there's more good news: the virus reproduction rate has dropped below one. While one person contaminated two or three others at the beginning of the pandemic, this figure has now dropped to 0.8. Unfortunately, there were also things that made people scratch their head in confusion… Garden centers and do-it-yourself shops will reopen today but the government did not specify which shops exactly meet the label of garden business or do-it-yourself store. Confusion everywhere! And what do you think about this… ? Since we most likely will not be able to spend our vacation abroad this summer there are fears that too many people will be visiting the Belgian coast which triggered some mayors of the Belgium’s coastal cities to introduce the concept of special permits for spending time on their beaches… All of this would be funny if it wasn’t so sad… Stay Save, Stay Healty – St Michael’s Bridge, Ghent, Belgium
many states, towns and school districts are making decisions about closing schools in order to "flatten the curve"-- attempting to slow down the virus spread, trying to keep our health care system and those valiant providers from being over-whelmed.
268/365 aDaD "a duck a day" day230
A further 266 deaths from COVID-19 have been reported yesterday. This brings the total number of deaths from the virus to 6,262. Just over half of COVID-19 deaths in Belgium have been in care homes. 263 new COVID-19 patients were admited to hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, 432 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospital. There are currently 4,765 people receiving treatment for COVID-19 in Belgian hospitals. This is down around 20% on the peak of 6,012 patients that was recorded on 6 April. Yesterday’s biggest news were talks about the partially reopening of the schools as of 15 May and the proposal from the experts to relax the corona measure that leaked in advance of the government’s address next Friday. If the government follows the experts’ proposals a number of types of shop could reopen as early as 4 May, if certain conditions are met. Under the proposals visits to family and close friends could once again become possible. Groups would be limited to ten people tops and you would always have to visit the same people. Too me it seems that the latter is impossible to manage and/or control and therefore will create a lot of controversy. I guess we will need to wait until Friday to know more. Stay Safe, Stay Healthy – Hoogpoort, Ghent, Belgium
Stay strong America. But listen to the experts. Unprecedented experience we're going through here. Lets all flatten the curve together!
After a series of questions about my current health and taking my temperature at the hospital, I was given this sticker to wear proving that I was not exposed or showing any symptoms of COVID-19. This experience is one not to be taken lightly, nor will we forget those who have perished. Please be sensitive to those who might be close neighbors or friends who have underlying conditions before you think it is okay to be out and about.
A further 190 deaths have been reported. The total death toll currently stands at 6,679. 210 patients were admitted to hospital yesterday while 322 patients were discharged. There are current 4,355 people receiving treatment for COVID-19 in Belgian hospitals. This is 172 fewer than the day before. Our efforts are paying off! More good news was coming from Prime Minister Sophie Wimès. Wilmès announced the next stages in the lockdown measures. As of 4 May, there will be a gradual return to work whilst telework will remain the norm. Also, cycling or going for a walk as a group of three will be allowed. Public transport will resume its usual activities, but the use of face masks will become mandatory. Gatherings and meeting friends at home will remain prohibited. On 11 May all stores will reopen but jobs involving close contact, such as hairdressers, will not be able to start yet. The new “corona-look” is there to stay! On 18 May primary and secondary school will gradually re-open and on 8 June restaurants and cafes will gradually reopen. The transition between phases will be monitored and potentially adjusted/finetuned based on a number of criteria, including the spread of the virus, the number of hospital admissions and the saturation of intensive care beds. Also contact tracing has been put in place. Meaning, when people show symptoms of being infected, they should go to the doctor and be tested. When it turns out that they have the coronavirus, the data of who they have been in contact with for the past two weeks, will be passed on to a contact tracing center. Those people will then be contacted and if tested positive put in quarantine. We’re moving in the right direction, but we have a long period of transition ahead of us, before we will regain our freedoms and go back to "normal" life. Stay safe, stay healthy – Korenlei, Ghent, Belgium
The photographs in this album were not taken by myself. They were taken in and around London in late March 2020 and show the extent the people in this lovely city are taking the current pandemic very seriously indeed.
Like millions of others in the UK I’m adhering to the advice of the government to remain in my home so that my own chances of catching the Covid-19 virus are minimised.
The pictures show how quiet some major London landmarks are at this worrying time.
I’d love to go out and take some pictures of my own but know that to do so would be irresponsible.
I hope that the pictures give my friends and contacts on flickr some idea of how serious the people of the UK are taking this potential health crisis.
The vast majority of the UK is trying extremely hard to:
#FlattenTheCurve
My thoughts at this worrying time are with all of the families around the world who are having to bear the loss of their loved ones.
The photographs in this album were not taken by myself. They were taken in and around London in late March 2020 and show the extent the people in this lovely city are taking the current pandemic very seriously indeed.
Like millions of others in the UK I’m adhering to the advice of the government to remain in my home so that my own chances of catching the Covid-19 virus are minimised.
The pictures show how quiet some major London landmarks are at this worrying time.
I’d love to go out and take some pictures of my own but know that to do so would be irresponsible.
I hope that the pictures give my friends and contacts on flickr some idea of how serious the people of the UK are taking this potential health crisis.
The vast majority of the UK is trying extremely hard to:
#FlattenTheCurve
My thoughts at this worrying time are with all of the families around the world who are having to bear the loss of their loved ones.
The photographs in this album were not taken by myself. They were taken in and around London in late March 2020 and show the extent the people in this lovely city are taking the current pandemic very seriously indeed.
Like millions of others in the UK I’m adhering to the advice of the government to remain in my home so that my own chances of catching the Covid-19 virus are minimised.
The pictures show how quiet some major London landmarks are at this worrying time.
I’d love to go out and take some pictures of my own but know that to do so would be irresponsible.
I hope that the pictures give my friends and contacts on flickr some idea of how serious the people of the UK are taking this potential health crisis.
The vast majority of the UK is trying extremely hard to:
#FlattenTheCurve
My thoughts at this worrying time are with all of the families around the world who are having to bear the loss of their loved ones.
A first light at the end of the tunnel was reported yesterday: the daily number of new patients in the hospitals have decreased a few days in a row. 420 patients with COVID-19 were hospitalized during the last 24 hours, which brings the total number in hospitals to 5,840. The number of patients in intensive care units has also been stable. 1,257 are in an intensive care unit, which actually was a decrease by 4 compared to the previous day. Despite these first signs of hope the head of the expert team appointed to steer Belgium out of the nationwide standstill warned that it’s far too early to define a timetable to lift the coronavirus lockdown. It’s dawning on me that this is going to be a long, very long process. Let’s fasten our safety belts this is going to be a bumpy ride out. Stay Safe, Stay Healthy – Kraanlei, Ghent, Belgium
..The U.S.N.S. Comfort departing NYC after helping out with the Covid-19 pandemic..
Yesterday the national public health institute announced that 164 people have died from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing a total to 1,447. However, for the first time, the number of people who left hospital in a day was greater than the number of new coronavirus patient admissions. In the past 24 hours, 504 people were allowed to leave hospital and 499 were hospitalised, bringing the total of occupied hospital beds to 5,735 including 1,261 in intensive care. Ghent has been shut down for three weeks now. Places that were once teeming with the hustle and bustle of daily life have become ghost-towns with massive restrictions put on our lives. The socio-economic consequences of the coronavirus will not be small, and we will feel them long after the situation has normalised. There will be a time ‘before’ and ‘after’ corona, whether it is about the way we treat each other, or the way our society functions. Let’s hope we come out of this ordeal stronger. Stay Safe, Stay Healthy – Limburgstraat, Ghent, Belgium
Yesterday’s press conference confirmed that the figures continue to evolve favourably, we are moving in the right direction! 127 patients were admitted to hospital and “only” 113 deaths from COVID-19 were registered.This leaves the total number of patients in Belgian hospitals at 3,968. The total number of deaths now stands at 7,207. Meanwhile, it has been announced that wearing mouth masks in certain environments will become compulsory as part of our country’s lockdown exit strategy. Knowing that there will not be enough masks for everyone we set up shop at home and started making our own masks. I must admit that the output quality and yield of our manufacturing unit is still suboptimal…Ghent, Belgium
In the last 24 hours, 1,850 new cases of infection by the coronavirus have been confirmed in Belgium bringing the total to 9,134 confirmed cases. Of the newly confirmed cases, 575 have been hospitalised, bringing the total to 3,717, of whom 789 are in intensive care, 99 in the last 24 hours. The remainder are in isolation at home for the time being. 64 new deaths have been reported bringing the total to 353. The number of intensive care hospital beds in use is still well under the nation’s capacity with 43% currently occupied. Let’s hope that efforts against Covid-19 will bear fruit within days now… To keep my sanity, I continue with my daily corona walks. Yesterday I explored some of Ghent’s Street Art Hotspots. Stay Safe, Stay Healthy – Pekelharing, Ghent, Belgium.