The first wave of the sars coronavirus was mainly to the middle class, with the return of holidaymakers at ski areas. The analysis carried out by De Tijd confirms the early suspicions issued by the biostatistician, Geert Molenberghs and virologist Steven Van Gucht.

The 10 % of neighbourhoods with the less fortunate in Flanders there are more than double infections with coronavirus, calculated daily on the basis of the epidemiological data of the flemish government on the 65 largest cities of the region, crossed with five indicators of socio-économmiques. The neighbourhoods in antwerp at de Peperbus in Borgerhout, Sint-Anna and Stuivenberg are the most affected.