► This Wednesday took place the National Security Council. A lot of reopenings are programmed for phase 2 of the deconfinement, May 18: schools, museums, zoos … Hairdressers and beauticians return to work and sports training begins again. All this under strict conditions! -> All details can be read here
–
► The health assessment of the day: 70 hospitalizations were recorded for the day on Tuesday and 2,014 patients remain in the clinic. Over the past few days, the decline remains clear. 420 people are still in intensive care, including 260 on an artificial respirator. –> Air conditioning, toilets …: new tips to reduce risks virus spread
–
► Leaded by the British and American markets, the Daily Bread must reorganize. He will submit a request for judicial reorganization (PRJ), leave Great Britain and the United States and create a new entity with the support of Cobepa, its main shareholder who buys the bank debt.
–
► In recent days, 2 million additional FFP2 masks have been ordered by the taskforce supposed to manage the supply of protective equipment, and 80,000 have been delivered, communicated Thursday evening the minister responsible Philippe De Backer (Open Vld).
–
► Many parents are concerned that their children will return to school. The anxiety that they risk being infected with the coronavirus takes precedence over that of a learning delay, according to a survey carried out by iVox last week with 800 parents, quoted in Het Laatste Nieuws Wednesday.
–
► The House Economy Committee unanimously approved on Wednesday a bill from Cd & V, Open Vld and the MR providing a postponement of sales from July to August. These will therefore start on August 1st. The committee asked that the text be voted on tomorrow / Thursday in plenary session.
–
► Ryanair calls for a 10% reduction in cabin crew and 20% wages for pilots, indicates on Wednesday the CNE / ACV Puls. The Christian union also wishes to have clarity as to the 3,000 redundancies that the low-cost company envisages across Europe following the coronavirus crisis, including several hundred in Charleroi and Zaventem, according to the statements of Michael O’Leary, the owner of the Irish group, the day before in the press.
–
► Belgium is one of a dozen Member States of the Union which could be in breach of Union law on the compulsory reimbursement of a trip canceled by an operator, said European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders, responsible for consumer protection, on Wednesday.
–
► The European Commission has authorized the 25 million euro aid scheme intended to support research and development (R&D) activities linked to the coronavirus in Wallonie.
–
► Headache and loss of smell are the most common symptoms of Covid-19 in European patients with mild to moderate form, according to a study that highlights that the disease takes different forms depending on age and sex.
–
–
