Monthly Archives: Apr 2020

Belarus, Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania (29/04/20)

On 1/04/20 these countries were relatively unaffected by Covid-19. Different measures seem to be in place. Latvia (sort of lockdown), Estonia (some emergency measures), Lithuania (nationwide quarantine) and Belarus (almost no measures). We follow up these (reliable?) figures.The figures remain amazingly low. Compared to other countries in Europe, very few people seem to die fromContinue reading “Belarus, Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania (29/04/20)”

Evolution number of deaths Belgium versus Sweden 28/04/20

Mid march Belgium and Sweden seemed in a similar Codvid-19 position. Belgium went in lockdown. Sweden took softer measures. Some experts* warned that Sweden took too few actions. We follow the situation calmly. We know that those figures are not always comparable (probably not all countries give reliable figures). We added Denmark & Norway asContinue reading “Evolution number of deaths Belgium versus Sweden 28/04/20”

Open lettre from Belgian largest hospital lab to Minister De Backer, deploring the Covid-19 test strategy

The Brussels University Hospital Laboratory is upset by the government’s management of tests. The Brussels University Hospital Laboratory (LHUB-ULB) is the largest hospital laboratory in the Belgium . Its management and its Covid-19 coordination cell send an open letter to Minister De Backer, in charge of medical equipment and tests, in which they deplore theContinue reading “Open lettre from Belgian largest hospital lab to Minister De Backer, deploring the Covid-19 test strategy”