9 April 2021: Happy faces welcome hopeful news…

9 April 2021: The number of new infections is down for the sixth day in a row. During the week from 30 March to 5 April an average of 3,591 people tested positive for SARCoV-2. The figure is down 25% on the week. Unfortunately, there are still over 900 patients being treated in intensive care.  Hopeful news is that vaccinations in Belgium are picking up speed. This is largely due to the on-time delivery of the Pfizer vaccine.  Over the Easter break 600,000 people will get their first jab in Flanders.  The figure equals that of the number of people that received the jab during the entire period ahead of Easter. Also, the first supplies of the Johnson & Johnson corona vaccine are set to arrive in Belgium this month. The one-shot Janssen vaccine that doesn’t need to be stored at low temperatures is the fourth to be approved for use in the EU after Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca. This good news deserves some happy faces. On display is a mural by Phase. – Neerscheldestraat, Ghent, Belgium.