A young man from the town of Deerlijk in West Flanders, Hannes Deweer (22), broke a Belgian record when his paper aeroplane flew 48.5 metres far in one throw at the Red Bull Paper Wings final.
The actual number of new Covid-19 cases being recorded on a daily basis in Belgium has decreased to around 6,000, while the number of new hospitalisations has dropped below 200.
Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sophie Wilmès has declared to take a leave, as her husband has brain cancer, so she decided to take a leave of absence and spend more time with her family.
The number of Ukrainian refugees entering Belgium has dropped significantly in the past few weeks. Whereas peaks of 2,000 registrations were reached on an everyday basis in March, this has decreased to some 500 people in April.
