At least 26 residents of a Belgian retirement home have died since a visit by a volunteer dressed as Santa Claus. The volunteer has since tested positive for COVID-19, Belgian media reported on Thursday. A Flemish health official told AFP news agency that is not certain if it was the visitor who brought the virus to the home in Hemelrijck on December 5. But the visit by the infected Father Christmas was followed by 26 deaths and 85 residents testing positive, along with 40 staff. The outbreak was detected a few days after the visit and virologists say those who were infected came from the …
