Bruges, in The Study of senior home Westervier to remain in the fold, sharing. Wednesday morning, this was the last occupant died as a result of the corona virus. “What’s in our sheltered housing place is horrible there are no words for it. Only silence and silencing,” says the director, Dirk Snauwaert, who hopes that the material is quickly available.

“It’s amazing how fast the virus is spreading. However, we had all of the precautions to be taken in order to avoid it, but it is a pity that it did not work.” The director, Dirk Snauwaert, it is deeply moved by the human toll of the corona virus within the homes Westervier as well. Since the end of last week, there were 14 residents died. Tuesday morning it was: the counter is still at 10%, but it was, again, four people. The fear is that, over time, more people will succumb. “We are in a more vulnerable target, but it continues to be terrible,” says the director.

the 9 members of staff fall ill

in the Meantime wait for them to be in Bruges for the promised kits. Once there, it will make each of the 120 residents, and all of the employees to be tested. Now, we have been on at least 9 persons infected with the virus. “There may be more, but are some of them have no or very mild symptoms, which is why testing is so important,” says the executive. Staff members who actually test positive, but show no symptoms, may, subject to the observance of the strict sanitary conditions to continue. The goal is to have residents who have a negative test for the virus isolate. It’s such a negative test, unfortunately, is not a guarantee that there will be no contamination. That could be a couple of days later, it’s suddenly popping up,” says the director, Dirk Snauwaert, that is, the past few days, the reinforcement was given by a few students, a nurse, of Vives. “That’s why most were here for an internship, and they know us so well. We are very grateful for their support and assistance.” The board now tries as good as possible, get in touch with the family of the residents. This will give the residents who are dying and have been under strict guidelines to have the chance to say good-bye to their families.