FILE PHOTO: Medical workers work in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated at the Saint-Pierre clinic in Ottignies, Belgium, April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
LIEGE/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Coronavirus infections are not dropping as fast as hoped in Belgium, pushing hospitals towards full capacity, health officials said on Friday, as government plans to ease a lockdown soon came under scrutiny two days after they were announced.
More than 3,000 COVID-19 patients are in hospital and 930 in intensive care units, data showed. Of the country's 2,000 ICU beds, 1,000 have been set aside for non-coronavirus cases.
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