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In Belgium, the pandemic is out of control! They called the army to duty

The Belgian government called on the army to fight the coronavirus.

As coronavirus infections in Belgium exceeded 11,000 daily, the government called on the armed forces. The army will establish an emergency hospital in Liege, which is call “the new capital of the pandemic in Europe”.

Ludivine Dedonder, the Minister of Defense of Belgium, announced that all the surplus personnel and resources within the armed forces will used in the fight against the coronavirus.

In Belgium, in the French-speaking Walloon region, which has suffered the second wave in the coronavirus pandemic. About to get out of control.

According to the Belgian authorities, especially the city of Liege and all the hospitals around it  completely filled. Now, healthcare personnel are at the point of making patient choices according to the seriousness of their condition.

For this reason, the federal government asked the military to support the fight against the pandemic.

Military ambulance, aircraft and personnel are on the circuit Belgian army, establishment of an emergency hospital in the city of Liege. Drafted an aid plan that includes medical equipment, medical personnel and the transport of patients by helicopters.

Military ambulances and medical personnel will also assist civilians in combating the pandemic.

Liege Mayor Willy Demeyer had asked the armed forces to establish a field hospital. However, the Belgian army has not had a field hospital for the past few years. For this reason, an old hospital in the city will be turned into a temporary care center by the soldiers.

C-130 transport aircraft belonging to the military will also equipped in accordance with the emergency in order to transport patients abroad when necessary.

Military officials told public broadcaster VRT that 20 ambulances and up to 100 physicians and nurses could be deployed immediately upon request.

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