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second Elgia has decided to prohibit, as of next Wednesday, for a period until March 1, traveling abroad without good reason, a government source said today, confirming information from Belgian media, AFP reported, quoted by BTA.
This solution aims to slow the spread of the coronavirus and the newly identified new strains.
Travel for pleasure or pleasure is prohibited, there will be border controls and fines will be imposed, Elio Di Rupo, Prime Minister of the Walloon Region, told RTBF television.
Belgium, with a population of 11.5 million, is one of the European countries most affected by the pandemic. More than 20,000 people died from KOVID-19.
Although it believes it is coping better with the second wave of infection (with about 2,000 cases a day currently) than its neighbors Germany and the Netherlands, the most contagious British strain is a major concern.
The British strain has already caused dozens of infections in nursing homes and forced the closure of several schools.
Belgium has been in partial quarantine for almost three months to stop the second wave of the pandemic. Schools are open, but many sectors are closed: cafes, restaurants, theaters, gyms, hairdressers are closed.
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