14 April 2020 Update from A Locked Down Ghent

We continue to see a slow and progressive reduction in the number of admissions to hospital. That is encouragiing news, but the government keeps stressing that the road will still be long. With 303 fatalities reported yesterday, the number of deaths is still very high, and is expected to rise in the days to come. In addition, with 310 new patients that have been admitted to hospital, the total is now 5,353, of whom 1,234 are in intensive care, there is still a heavy burden on our hospitals. Despite these frightening numbers there is a growing concern that people are becoming lax about the lockdown measures. Easter weekend saw lots of people come out to enjoy the good weather, with the police reporting a rise in lockdown violations in all regions of the country especially in the larger cities. Despite the gloom and doom of the corona crisis and being confined to our homes we did not want to miss out on the Easter fun and organized the traditional Easter egg hunt in our garden – Ghent, Belgium.