And for more lets bring in our very own they are mattis who is joining us from brussels they are why has belgium been hit so hard. Well sarah a big issue here is of course the book mortality rate the 3rd highest in the world but to explain that you need to understand the broad criteria that belgium uses to get to these numbers and the reason is that only 50 percent of the cases are actually confirmed caray corona cases the other ones of possible cases that have not been confirmed whether coronavirus test and the reason is that in the 1st wave of the pandemic here in belgium the country was so hard hits that they wanted an easy way to to count deaths and that is why they installed the system that now makes the numbers of the death rate look really bad on the other hand youre right of course numbers here i stream the high with belgium having a small population extremely high numbers 2 possible explanations one is that the tracking system has been rather weak its not been running smoothly
Question we have to leave it there unfortunately the head of the regional asserted center of Foreign Policy think tank in yeah that armenia thank you. Thank you. Another victim of the Global Pandemic has been press Freedom Journalists have been harassed arrested for reporting on the spread of the virus while some governments have introduced the laws punishing those who share information that doesnt support the official government like muzzling the press can also endanger public health. Behind the mosque of corona virus censorship spreads journalists around the world have come under attack for reporting on the pandemic it started in china where citizen journalists dared to deviate from the official narrative. Images of overstretched hospitals in which hundreds of viruses right in front of me are chinas criminal prosecutors are behind me im not afraid of death do you think im afraid of you coming this party of china or possibly going well. Chang she should wear disappeared in february an
Student protests suspending a media outlet and taking steps to block the messaging app telegram demonstrators are calling on the Prime Minister to resign. And the Temperance League group stage gets underway on tuesday evening for this Legal Leaders like say post turkish champions but should she care the german side will be keen to make only advantage count against the club promised. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program States across europe are scrambling to contain a fresh wave of coated 1000 cases belgium is one country where case loads far exceed those at the height of the pen demick 1st wave in the spring the countrys bars and restaurants have been told to close but scientists fear a full National Lockdown could be just a matter of time. There were long queues in brussels on monday people lined up socially distanced to get tested for corona virus belgium has recorded more than 700 factions per 100000 people over the past 14 days the 2nd highest rate in europe many have had their 1s
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