After the summer, a second wave of infection awaits us. That said professor of microbiology Herman Goossens of the University of Antwerp in the topical and urgent programme De Appointment.

In order to prevent a new lockdown, clever measures must be taken to keep the curve low enough, says the professor. However, by the nature of the virus, this is not easy.

“Half of the infections occur by people who have no symptoms,” Goossens said. In the three days before the cough begins, a person can already ignite people. “I think people are not sufficiently aware of this.”Group immunity is far from being in sight, warns the microbiologist. “Immunity among the population has been disappointing. There is not a single country in Europe where immunity exceeds 5%.”

According to Goossens, most European countries started massively testing people who may have the virus among their members too late. “Germany was the exception. Germany decided to start a lot of laboratories in early February.”

Among other things, the professor wants employees of nursing homes to be tested twice a week. “If the virus gets in there, the impact is huge.” Also for education there should be regular tests. For other people who want to know if they have been ill, Goossens advocates a test that looks for the presence of antibodies.

'After the summer there will be a second wave of infection'