Baby boom in Flanders thanks to corona: the number of births increases for the first time in 11 years

In Flanders, 1.86 percent more babies were born last year than the year before. Remarkable, because this increase is at odds with the downward trend of the past ten years. Nobody dares to say with certainty where the high number of births in 2021 suddenly comes from. But it is certain that the lockdowns and forced home work have ensured that a lot of ‘corona babies’ were made.

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