4 July 2020 – Update from a post locked down Ghent

The public health scientific research institute Sciensano continues to publish figures on the novel coronavirus pandemic in Belgium. The numbers of new infections, hospital admissions and deaths over the past 7 days show a further fall across the board. During the past 7 days an average of 82 people tested positives for the novel coronavirus. This is down 13% of the average of 94 new infections per that were recorded during the previous week. The average number of deaths is also down. During the past week there were an average of 4 deaths from COVID-19. Last, the average number of patients with COVID-19 that have been admitted to hospital during the past 7 days has fallen to 13 per day. Despite that the virus has not disappeared the government continues to gradually ease the corona restriction measures. Nevertheless, the world today is a very different place. Since mid-May Belgium’s museums reopened. The museums have had to adopt a raft of measures to prevent the spread of corona virus making it safe for us to visit and to ensure museums don’t get too crowded – SMAK (Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art), Ghent, Belgium