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Belgium imposes night curfew

Belgium imposes night curfew
Belgium imposes night curfew

All Belgian bars and restaurants will be forced to close for four weeks, the federal government said on Friday, in order to tackle a surging second wave of the coronavirus, with hospitals close to running out of beds.

The Belgian government also decided to impose a curfew from midnight to 5 a.m for a month.

“This virus is affecting our country in a very hard way,” Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo told a news conference, after a five-hour meeting. “The coming weeks will be very difficult but we must take those measures to avoid the worse.”

The measures will last at least four weeks from Oct. 19, with a review of their impact after two weeks.

The measures also include reducing to just one the number of people Belgians can see at close proximity outside their homes and enforcing work from home for most employees. Selling alcohol will be forbidden after 8 p.m.

COVID-19 has claimed 10,283 lives in Belgium, one of the highest per capita fatality rates in the world.

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