7 December 2020: Main indicators go on falling, but more slowly now

7 December 2020: Update on The Corona Pandemic – While all coronavirus indicators continue to drop, the rate at which the numbers are going down is slowing. Nevertheless, the government is still cautiously optimistic that the coronavirus figures will be good enough for the current restrictions to be eased by mid-January. Queried on the request by some politicians for a review of the social distancing measures during the upcoming holidays and the closure of hairdressing salons to be tabled for discussion at the upcoming crisis meeting on18 December, our Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo said that the meeting was already programmed for other issues. These include details of the strategy on vaccination and the quarantining of persons returning from abroad but that relaxations are not in the cards. I hope we learned something from the situation last time round and I’m happy that the relaxation bit got a big thumbs down. On display today is another vignette of the fiery dragons warming up the city during this unprecedented crisis – Ghent, Belgium