21 March 2021: Maybe we should the press the pause button for our schools…

21 March 2021: The number of new cases is soaring and is 38 percent up on the week. In the week to 17 March 3613 people tested positive. The rolling average of hospitalisations is 26 percent up on the week. Between 13 and 19 March an average of 187 corona patients had to be taken to hospital each day. Also, the number of corona patients in intensive care wardens keeps going up. Given these frightening numbers it is understandable that virologists and healthcare professionals are disappointed with the measures announced yesterday to stop the rise of coronavirus. It is thought that mainly the schools and the workplace are helping the virus to gain ground again. While corona tests are being suggested to all those who can't work from home, a closure of the schools was also on the cards, but instead no decision was taken. I hope we can reach a normal situation by the summer, but in order to have that, we should be stricter at present.  On display today is little William who is oblivious to the danger of the virus – Kortrijk, Belgium