Belgium Logs Nearly 3,000 Excess Deaths During Heatwaves
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Belgium recorded almost 3,000 additional deaths during the successive heat waves observed since June, the health authorities reported — days before the confirmation that this was the warmest summer ever recorded in the country. Experts respond: for how long should a healthy person be able to stay on one leg? Understand the risk: why should meat not be stored in plastic bags? Approximately 365 additional deaths were recorded between July 28 and A…
Belgium is facing an alarming balance after an extraordinary summer for temperatures. Nearly 3,000 more people than usual have lost their lives during successive heatwaves that hit the country since June.According to the national public health institute Sciensano, during the third heatwave alone, from July 28 to August 16, 365 excess deaths were recorded, about 7 percent more much more than the normal level for this period.But the balance become…
Belgium logs nearly 3,000 excess deaths during heatwaves
Belgium logged nearly 3,000 excess deaths during successive heatwaves since June, health authorities said Thursday, days after this summer was confirmed as the hottest on record in the northern European nation.Some 365 excess deaths were observed between July 28 and August 16, when Belgium sweltered under its third heatwave of the season, which also saw...
Belgium recorded almost 3,000 additional deaths during successive heat waves observed since June, health authorities reported this Thursday, a few days after it was confirmed that this has been the hottest summer measured in this country.
This Summer's Heatwaves Have Caused Nearly 3,000 More Deaths: These Are the Factors that Explain It.
The Sciensano Institute has just published the results of the overmortality of the three heat waves. The first was by far the most deadly.
In Brussels, as in the rest of the country, the high heats weighed on mortality this summer. But not all regions were affected in the same way. What is the results of these three heat episodes? The high temperatures marked summer in Belgium. According to the latest data from Sciensano, 2 ... read more
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