Vilmes said that Belgium "has moved to the third phase of the response to the coronavirus pandemic, which implies a nationwide quarantine - the abolition of all public events: sports, cultural, folklore, regardless of whether they are private or public, regardless of their size."
“We are moving to the federal level of crisis management,” the Belgian Prime Minister quoted TASS as saying.
She noted that the new measures "will enter into force at midnight from Friday to Saturday and will be valid until April 3."
It is noted that in hospitals an emergency epidemiological preparedness plan has been put in place. A list of approximately 100 hospitals that will specialize in receiving and treating people infected with coronavirus has been approved.
The number of infected COVID-19 in the country reached 399, three people died from the effects of infection.
On March 11, the World Health Organization announced a pandemic of coronavirus infection COVID-19 in the world.