Prime Minister Alexander De Croo appeals to common sense to avoid a ‘Christmas wave’ of corona infections. He strongly advises against skiing. And making mega buys will be for later.
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Peter De Lobel
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Decisions about what will be possible during the Christmas period will not be taken until next week at the Consultation Committee, but Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (Open VLD) gave another small hint this afternoon after the Council of Ministers. Not much will be possible. To illustrate, he showed Lectrr’s cartoon at the press conference in today The standard appeared about the possible ‘Christmas wave’ of infections. “A cartoonist succeeds here in three lines to clarify what it is about.”
“Don’t endanger each other”
The government wants to avoid at all costs that Christmas becomes a celebration of the spread. De Croo therefore appeals to common sense and leaves the phrase “you don’t have to be a virologist to understand that …” working overtime. “Christmas is a shared concern of all my European colleagues. Christmas is a celebration of security, it should not be a moment when we endanger each other. We will be making a decision on the measures at the end of this month, but don’t let us make plans that we already know will endanger each other. It should not be a festival of darkness. ”
We will not see typical Black Friday scenes with overwhelmed shops this year. — © EPA-EFE
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Traveling and skiing holidays are one of those plans for De Croo. “I think we all remember very well that the winter sports holidays spread the virus in Europe. Travel is strongly discouraged within Europe. You don’t have to be a virologist to know that skiing holidays are a very high risk and I would strongly advise against them to anyone. ”
Geen Black Friday?
In France, people are considering postponing Black Friday. That would normally almost coincide with the reopening of the stores. In order not to completely skew competition between online and regular stores, large players such as Amazon were also involved in that decision. There is a good chance that our country will follow that example. “We have taken note of the decision of the French government and we also discussed it at the Council of Ministers this morning. We will be contacting the major players in online sales to reach a similar decision, ”said Deputy Prime Minister Pierre-Yves Dermagne (PS), responsible for Economy and Employment.
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