With no cessation in sight to the unprecedented crackdown in the Belgian capital,its social, political and economic costs are risingDusk is gathering but the pale wintry sunshine keeps temperatures above zero for a final hour. Annelise Augustyns is on her way to a playground near the Gare du Midi with her two children, or aged three and five. All three are wrapped against the wind scything across the bleak concrete plaza external the station.
It is the third day of lockdown in the Belgian capital and the Augustyns have spent three days confined to their small apartment. The 35-year-old government worker’s office in the centre of the city has been shut. So too,on Monday, were the children’s schools.
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Source: theguardian.com