Covid-19 in Belgium: curfew and closure of restaurants across the country

Signs indicating that wearing a mask is compulsory, in the center of Brussels, on October 16, 2020. REUTERS / Francois Lenoir

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The Belgian government has just announced new measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus in the country.

No re-containment but a curfew and the closure of restaurants throughout the country.

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With our correspondent in Brussels,  

Joana Hostein

All the lights are red, worried the Belgian Prime Minister.

The situation, he explains, is much more worrying than last spring.

“ 

Across all dimensions -

 number of confirmed cases, number of people hospitalized, number of people in intensive care and unfortunately number of people who have died

 -

 we are significantly beyond the numbers we saw in March and April and often figures are twice as high, 

”says Alexander De Croo.

See also: Belgium: rebound of the Covid-19 in Brussels against a background of casualness

To avoid saturation of hospitals, the government has decreed several new measures which will come into force on Monday: the

closure of cafes and restaurants

for 4 weeks, a curfew between midnight and 5 a.m., compulsory teleworking wherever it is necessary. possible, limited social contacts, with the possibility of receiving a maximum of 4 people at home and having close contact, without masks and without respecting social distancing with a single person in addition to their home.

The Prime Minister, on the other hand, has not announced any binding measures for the world of culture.

But health protocols in museums, cinemas and theaters will be reviewed by next Friday.

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