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“We dare to allow a little more in the culture sector, in the event sector, in outdoor sports, … because we maintain other measures”, Minister of Health Frank Vandenbroucke (Vooruit) defends the decision to relax the moment the infections occur. still rising sharply. The fact that many people have now received a booster shot also helps, it sounds like. The minister also points out the importance of ventilation in indoor spaces. “Ventilation is actually like vaccination. If we ventilate well, a lot is possible.”
“We must avoid the omikron wave becoming too fast, too massive. We’ve managed to slow that wave to some extent, but we’re not at the peak yet. So the message remains: be careful,” said the minister, who is voluntarily in quarantine after a high-risk contact.
As far as the situation in hospitals is concerned, the minister sees a difference between new hospital admissions on the one hand and the number of beds taken in intensive care units on the other. “In intensive care, the indicator of the barometer tends to move towards orange, as far as the number of new admissions per day is concerned, it is very clearly red,” it sounds. He also points out that the barometer is not an autopilot. “It’s like the dashboard of your car: you look at your speed, the rpm,… When one pointer points to red, you have to make a decision. Now we have decided: we will stay in red.”
How long will the corona pass be used for? “The Covid Safe Ticket is not there forever, but on the other hand, we need to start thinking about a vaccination pass.”
And what after color code yellow? Will we ever end up in the ‘green’ phase? “The corona barometer is our exit strategy.”