- The RIVM reports 6,187 new positive corona infections on Thursday, 213 more than Wednesday. There are currently exactly two thousand corona patients in hospitals. The number of infections is also growing in Belgium, as can be read at the VRT.
- The European branch of the World Health Organization WHO says the benefits of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine “far outweigh” the risks, writes the NOSEuropean countries must therefore continue to vaccinate, the organization states.
- Unemployment rose slightly in February after months of decline, according to reports CBS. Last month, unemployment stood at 340,000 people, up from 337,000 in January.
- According to a analysis in the FD a growing number of companies want to leave the corona crisis behind with far-reaching automation. Companies such as Siemens expect to benefit from the transition that oil and gas companies are going through.
- Belgians shopped more online in 2020: a total of 127 million orders were placed online, 12 percent more than in 2019. However, turnover fell by 10 percent to 10.3 billion euros, writes the VRT. Turnover in the service sector, such as tourism, in particular, fell sharply as a result of the corona crisis.
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