4 April 2020 Update From A Locked Down Ghent

The government announced yesterday that total number of people admitted to hospital reached 5,552. This is an increase of 578 patients in one day. The figure seems to be stabilising, as the number fluctuates over the last couple of days between 500 and 600 new cases! It’s still high, but it is a good sign that it does not seem to be increasing. Are we reaching a peak or a plateau? Yesterday’s biggest news was the announcement that Belgium is considering a way to gradually ease the country out of lockdown in the weeks to come.  This has been the first discussion of its kind since we have been in lock down modus. There is hope! Today’s picture is a mural from yesterday’s corona walk. The mural from Super A, the alter ego of the Dutch street artist Stefan Thelen, is called “the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”.  A sign of the times… Australiëstraat, Ghent, Belgium