Belgium: "“In schools, scrapping the last week of class before the Christmas holidays has very little pedagogical impact,” said Flemish Minister-President Jan Jambon.
“In fact, we are going to use that week to administer the third dose to the teachers."
“We are going through difficult weeks. This autumn’s wave that we have been confronted with has been much more severe than we had anticipated,” said @alexanderdecroo
Outdoor events, such as Christmas markets, can still take place, but only with the Covid Cert, face masks and sufficient “crowd control.”

Social bubbles will not be reintroduced but people asked to limit contacts as much as possible.
Bars to stay open to 2300

“The number of deaths in our country is lower than in comparable countries, and that is due to the high vaccination coverage,” @alexanderdecroo
“Getting vaccinated is an act of solidarity,” he said.
“8,000 fewer deaths have been recorded and 30,000 fewer people have been admitted to hospitals in recent months as a result.”

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3 Dec
Interview w Belgian virologist @vanranstmarc who says he fears vaccine mandates play into the hands of the far-right & may lead to people not vaccinating babies.
He also says the situation in Ireland needs close attention given high vaccination, and that ventilation is paramount.
On vaccine mandate:
"It is a very tough question, and it depends on which country you live. If you live in a country where 65 percent of the population, only 65 percent is vaccinated. Mandatory vaccination might get you over the hump.
"If you have 98 pc of the elderly are vaccinated, then making vaccination mandatory might create an unwanted backlash that it's not going to gain you so much. What is very sure is that this would be the biggest gift to the anti-vaccination movement that you could ever give."
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8 Oct
🚨 EU-UK Sausage wars to end.
The EU is set to offer “dramatic” changes to how the Northern Ireland protocol, say sources.
4 non-papers will be published under titles relating to Medicines, SPS, Customs & Democratic Participation- i.e. role for NI politicians + civil servants.
EU sources says ‘this is not tinkering around the edges, this will involve “big changes” which includes a “bespoke” arrangement for NI regarding SPS.
It’s aimed at ending the so-called ‘sausage wars’ with a provision for ‘national identity goods’ ie: British sausages.
‘We obviously can’t get rid of all our checks as we need to protect the Single Market so surveillance will still be ongoing but we want to end the problems with the protocol’ according to sources.
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7 Oct
EU VP @MarosSefcovic at @iiea says EU ready to offer ‘far-reaching, “creative” proposals to the #NIP.

They’ll be announced next week.

‘We’re approaching this in a good, constructive way’ but the recent rhetoric from @DavidGHFrost et al are “not helping”.
But, he says any further softening carries a “political risk” because many member states are asking him whether the UK will simply ‘bank’ these derogations and continue its crusade against the protocol.
He says the discussion should be based on the opportunities the protocol brings to Northern Ireland. NI has “free access to the EU’s Single Market”… ‘
‘Just ask the Norwegians what that means - the biggest single market in the world’.
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