In Belgium, Corona-infected Santa Claus distributed gifts; 157 sick, 18 killed

For people living in care homes in Belgium, taking a gift from Santa Claus became their nightmare. 121 people living in care homes and 36 staff members were infected by Santa Claus as he was positive for the novel coronavirus. Out of these, 18 people have died so far.

Santa Claus called for boosting the morale of the elderly

According to the Daily Mail's report, the employees of Antwerp's care home in Belgium wanted to boost the morale of the elderly living there. Therefore, they planned to call Santa Claus so that the elderly could receive gifts from him. For this, they prepared a doctor caring for the people of the care home to become Santa Claus.

'Santa Claus' who arrived at the care home was already infected with COVID-19

According to the plan, about 2 weeks ago, the doctor became Santa Claus and came to the care home. According to the staff, when Santa came he was not feeling well. He spent time with the elders and distributed many gifts. At that time, Santa Claus did not know that he was infected with the Coronavirus. Later, when he fell ill, he got his test done, in which his report came back positive. After this, people living in the care homes also started testing positive for the virus.

157 people infected, 18 killed

According to the report, so far 121 people and 36 staff have been infected due to Coronavirus. One day before Christmas and on Christmas day, five people lost their lives. 18 people from the care home have lost their lives so far. After the rise in Corona's case, the administration has called Santa Claus the 'super spreader'.

The next 10 days are crucial 

Mayor Wim Keyers said that the next 10 days will be very difficult for the care home. He admitted that the rules were not followed while distributing gifts to the elderly. Although earlier he had claimed that all the rules were followed.