Corona update

On Friday night, the National Security Council met and had a long session. Late at night (you wonder how aware they are of what's possible, and what not) they finally held a press conference to relay their decisions.

The prime minister talked for about two hours (in bad Flemish - I think a prime minister should speak the three official languages of the country without flaw) - and didn't actually say a lot. That's what policticians in Belgium do best: talk for hours without saying anything sensible.

What we could conclude is, that the politicians think economy is more important than people. On May 4th, the factories and industries are allowed to work full force once more (keeping some measures in mind) and on May 11th, all shops are allowed to open again. And the schools will reopen on May 18th - at least some kids can go to school. The kids from the primary schools in year 1, 2 and 6 and the students of secundary school in form 6. Not more than 10 students are allowed in a classroom. But the schools are obliged to mind all the kids whose parents will be working as of May 4th or 11th. I never see this work. A couple of hundred kids in the playground, and only 6 or 5 in a classroom??? In my opinion, they'd better had kept the schools closed for the remainder of the schoolyear and then reopend in September just like it always is.

For the rest, nothing is sure. Nothing about being allowed to travel, to meet parents or grandparents, to go to your second home.

We did get some good news though. The Celine Dion concert is cancelled in May, but Celine will return to Belgium some other date and we can use the same ticket. And the run of Sister Act with Whoopi Goldberg (normally happening in London, from July to August this summer) is being postponed to next year, same period. So those tickets aren't lost either. Well enough, because the two pair of tickets cost a pretty penny.