The Prime Minister has made the decision in consultation with the Prime Ministers of the federal states, it sounds. Minister of Health Frank Vandenbroucke (Vooruit) already stated in the House on Wednesday that next week’s Consultation Committee might come too early.
Although the situation is under control, according to Vandenbroucke, several hospitals are struggling with the combination of corona and flu patients. In addition, there is still a lot of care that has been postponed due to corona, and that many healthcare staff are absent due to illness or fatigue.
The Consultation Committee of the federal government and the federal states decided at the beginning of this month to switch to code yellow, the last step of the corona barometer. As a result, most of the measures lapsed. During a subsequent meeting, the intention was to see whether the barometer can be stored completely. But that step will now at least have to wait a while.