For Fabian Hermans, he is “unacceptable“that the barometer, whose federation has participated in the development with the corona police station, displays the color red when it should have been adorned with orange. “Since the beginning of the crisis, we have relied on intensive care (500 beds, today less than 350) and, today that we are reaching the end, we are adding hospitalizations and that is incomprehensible for the area.“
“It is a scandal ! The authorities change their minds like their shirts“, launches the president of the Horeca Brussels federation, saying to himself “disgusted“. He wonders what other decisions affecting the sector will be taken at the next Consultation Committee in three weeks.
“Once again, it will be catering, culture and recreational activities that are penalized and that is unacceptable“, he says again, denouncing that the night sector remains closed, he who has only been able to open six weeks since the start of the pandemic almost two years ago.
Caterers in events are at a standstill, as are those affected by compulsory teleworking within companies, points out the manager, according to whom certain restaurateurs “slowly die“.
Finally, the Horeca Brussels federation regrets that there was no question at all, during the press conference following the Consultation Committee, of financial support for the Horeca sector, hard hit by the measures decided on in recent months.
“It’s a first step in the right direction“, reacts, for his part, Erik Beunckens, of the Federation of Belgian coffees. “But let’s be clear, this is absolutely not enough.“