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27 People Are Dead After a Christmas Party at a Belgium Nursing Home
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1:23Now PlayingAuthorities in Belgium say a 27th elderly person has died in an outbreak at a retirement home from a super-spreading Saint Nicholas party last month, but they hope the situation is now under control.
The Hemelrijck home in the northern Belgium city of Mol had organized a 4 December visit from a troupe playing the beloved saint who usually spreads mirth and presents.
But the city and families of some of the deceased have complained that the nursing home should never have organized the party when restrictive measures on events were in place throughout the country to contain the pandemic
At the Hemelrijck nursing home, no one was available for comment Friday.
At last count, the home had 88 infections among residents and 42 among staff.
St. Nicholas is the traditional Dec. 6 day to give presents and is much more important to children in Belgium than Santa Claus on Dec. 25, which is primarily a family gathering.
Initially, one of the actors of the St. Nick group had been thought to be the source of the outbreak, but subsequent research could not be fully conclusive.
The city said the outbreak was finally stabilizing.
“The health condition of the residents has shown a marked improvement", the city said in a statement.
Belgium, a nation of 11.5 million, has been badly hit by the pandemic with 19,528 confirmed virus deaths so far, many of them in nursing homes.
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