22 October 2020: The Netherlands breaks a new daily coronavirus infection record.

22 October 2020: Update on The Corona Pandemic – An average of almost 9,000 people tested positive for the corona virus per day over the past week in Belgium. Also, hospitalisations and deaths continue to rise sharply. There is a consensus that we will not reach the peak number of coronavirus infections until at least a week from now. That peak of people testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 will then be followed by a peak in hospitalizations. To ensure that our healthcare system is able to cope with the deteriorating situation some virologists are suggesting a second lockdown as the only option left to stop the country’s rapidly rising Covid-19 infection figures and hospitalisations. In the wake of a new daily coronavirus record in the Netherlands, with 8,764 people testing positive, also some leading Dutch virologists are calling for for a weeks-long total lockdown. All of them are pointing to the successes that have been achieved in Australia, New Zealand and Japan using lockdown methods. Maybe they are right, and we do need to bite the proverbial bullet. On display today is Amsterdam, the city that continues to head the Dutch number of infections with 751 positive tests reported yesterday – Amsterdam, The Netherlands