8 March 2021: Corona fatigue make people dream of better days…

8 March 2021: The average number of people being hospitalised with Covid is now increasing at a slower pace than in recent days. The number of new cases of coronavirus detected remains more or less stable. On average in the week to 6 March 147 patients with Covid were hospitalised each day. The figure is up 2% on the week. In the week to 4 March on average 2343 people tested positive each day. This figure is down 3% on the week. Whilst the figures are still very high the support for the curfew is faltering and other measures that were put in place to curb the spread of the virus, including the rationale for the slow rollout of the deconfinement strategy are challenged by more and more people. In addition, the increased gap between the number of vaccines delivered to our country and the actual vaccinations fuels a general dissatisfaction for the way our country is dealing with the crisis. Net-net, corona fatigue has never been as high, and most people are dreaming of a long vacation on a sun-drenched beach. I shot today’s picture in Saint Martin, an island in the northeast Caribbean Sea back in August 2008 – Saint Martin, Caribbean Islands.