– Pedro Facon — © BELGA – According to the epidemic barometer project, Belgium is at the maximum stage on a scale of three risk levels. That write La Libre Belgique and L’Echo on Thursday. The document will serve as the basis for the deliberations of the Consultation Committee. – jvhSource: BELGIAN Today at 07:29— … Read more
– theme image — © EPA-EFE – Cultural workers and sympathizers of the culture sector will gather on Sunday at 2 p.m. on the Mont des Arts in Brussels for a protest against the new measures decided by the Consultation Committee. As of today, culture halls will have to open again, which goes against the … Read more
– theme image — © OKay – Three days until Christmas dinner, and suddenly the GEMS experts put a tightening up on the table: if their advice is followed, the Consultation Committee will introduce a contact bubble on Wednesday. So at the last minute. Will someone still have to cancel their Christmas party? Some psychology … Read more
– © BELGA – Strict measures will be put on the table of tomorrow’s Consultation Committee to limit the advance of the omikron variant. The experts of the GEMS are pushing forward measures such as closing the catering industry earlier and introducing a contact bubble for the holidays. Corona Commissioner Pedro Facon suggests in his … Read more
– © EPA-EFE – Four days after the Consultation Committee partially restricted the culture and events sector, Flemish Prime Minister Jan Jambon (N-VA) wants to reopen it. He will also put this on the table at the next Consultation Committee on 22 December. To the consternation of his own coalition partners CD&V and Open VLD … Read more
According to Minister of the Interior Annelies Verlinden (CD&V), the Consultation Committee will meet ‘much faster than expected’ to discuss new measures. She does not rule out the possibility that this will already happen on Friday. – That is what Verlinden says in a conversation with The morning on Radio 1. ‘What must, must. No … Read more
“CST is not a solution, mandatory vaccination is,” the Neutral Syndicate for the Self-Employed (NSZ) noted after the Consultation Committee on Tuesday. Trade federation Comeos even states that the government ‘does not take up its responsibility’ by not opting for a general vaccination obligation. Do they have a point? – According to Comeos, a higher … Read more
The consultation committee will soon meet to discuss new relaxations. But why would they still stick to measures, now that almost all of us have already been vaccinated? The vaccines were the promised road to freedom, so why aren’t we getting them yet? Virologist Erika Vlieghe understands the impatience but also gives three reasons why … Read more
In crucial cases, it must be possible to make decisions again in Belgium. And if that fails, the federal government must have the last word. Open VLD chairman Egbert Lachaert dropped a community bomb in the Wetstraat on Friday. He wants the federal government to have a casting vote within the Consultation Committee. Pro-Flemish parties … Read more
Phase three of the ‘summer plan’ will come into effect today. This means, among other things, that indoor events can take place with 3,000 visitors, and 5,000 outdoors. In addition, the restrictions on the maximum number of customers in shops and shopping centers are disappearing, and access control is no longer mandatory there. – Before … Read more