Prognosis
Belgium’s Hospitals Can Cope With Omicron Wave Yet to Crest, Experts Say
- Daily Covid-19 infections may quadruple by mid-January
- Number of daily cases reported in EU topped 1 million
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Belgium’s hospitals should be able to cope with the current surge of omicron even as new cases may as much as quadruple by mid-January, experts said on Thursday.
Hospitals will likely have enough beds available in intensive-care units to handle the peak of infections expected by the end of the month, virologist Steven Van Gucht told reporters following Thursday’s meeting by the federal government and regions.