13 May 2020 Update from A Locked Down Ghent

The numbers released yesterday continue to fall: 43 people have been hospitalised with COVID-19 and 65 people were reported to have died. Whilst we seem to start gaining control over the virus the economical fallout becomes more visible. Since the coronavirus lockdown began a lot of small business have been struggling to survive. The hospitality and entertainment business felt the most immediate impact from the crisis. Yesterday’s biggest news was that also Brussels Airlines was reorganizing and shedding jobs in order to ensure its future viability: the airline staff will be downsized with 25%, 10 of the airline's 48 aircrafts will be decommissioned and all routes that are unprofitable or barely profitable will be scrapped. Wondering how all of this will impact our personal lives I continued with my daily corona walks searching for street-art to cheer me up – Baudelopark, Ghent, Belgium.