On Thursday, March 10, 2022, Their Majesties King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium participated in a roundtable meeting with the Belgian Covid-19 Commissioner, Mr. Pedro Facon, scientists, medical doctors and professors from the Covid-19 Management Strategy (GEMS) team at the Palais Royal in Brussels.

During the meeting, Their Majesties thanked GEMS and Mr. Facon for their extraordinary commitment throughout their mandate, which ends in early April. The vaccination strategy in Belgium, the next phase of the pandemic and the lessons to be learned from the Covid crisis are among the topics discussed during the conversation.