25 February 2021: The corona statistics are taking a turn for the worse

25 February 2021: The trend that was started earlier this week, is being continued as the average number of new Covid cases is up again. In the week to 21 February on average 2201 people tested positive each day in Belgium. The figure is up 20% on the week. In Ghent the rise is a staggering 70 percent. Whilst the coronavirus statistics are taking a turn for the worse the Flemish Prime Minister, Jan Jambon announced yesterday that serous relaxations will be possible as of April. Try to make sense out of that… Yesterday’s good news was that the FDA announced that the one-shot coronavirus vaccine made by J&J provides strong protection against severe disease and death from Covid-19 and may reduce the spread of the virus by vaccinated people. The same statement also said that the F.D.A. could authorize the vaccine as early as next Saturday. I’m wondering how long it will take for the EMA to come to the same conclusion.  To cope with the frustration that is creeping up on me I’m continuing to snap my way around Ghent. On display today is a wimmelbild of a bored bus driver waiting for his passengers to arrive – Zuid, Ghent, Belgium.