24 May 2020 Update from A Semi-Locked Down Ghent

Yesterday’s corona statistics continued to look good: there were 25 fatalities reported and 34 people were hospitalized with Covid-19. The latter is the lowest figure in quite a while, and we have not yet seen any deterioration through the relaxation. Yesterday saw also the results of a survey probing what keeps people up at night now that we’re seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. Unsurprisingly the public health emergency and the political stalemate came out tops and eclipsed worries about public finances and the climate. I guess the future will tell if my compatriots got it right. Today’s picture is another shot from downtown Ghent during the “Great Lockdown” – De Krook, Ghent, Belgium