8 December 2020: The Corona figures are flattening off…

8 December 2020: Update on The Corona Pandemic –The 7-day rolling averages for positive coronavirus tests, hospitalisations and deaths of people with the virus still show a fall, however, the figures for the past few days show a flatting off. After a long period of good news, the number of hospitalisations has not fallen at all during the past three days. All good reasons to be mindful of limiting our number of contacts. Unfortunately, there are still people that are breaking the lockdown measures imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus to rave in secret at night. Over the last couple of weeks police had to break up lockdown parties across the country. In Antwerp partygoers will stand trial in a first dedication court session next week. Sentences that can be passed in these cases range from prison sentences of between 8 days and 3 months and fines of between EUR 300 and 4,000. Let’s hope that next week’s court proceedings will serve as a deterrent, particularly with Xmas and New Year just around the corner. Talking about Xmas, whilst the historical city center of Ghent is gradually metamorphosing into a winter landscape also our neighborhood is going the extra mile to create a cheerful and magical atmosphere. The eyecatcher is a private initiative of one of our neighbors who set up a wonderful and spectacular nativity scene behind her window. Congrats Ana! – Ghent, Belgium.