Within the EU, Belgium, with a good eleven million inhabitants, is currently one of the countries with the most registered infections in relation to population size.
Due to the dramatic situation, tightened restrictions are to apply from next week. Most of the shops have to close again. People are allowed to have fewer contacts than before. You can only receive one visitor per week at home; for single people there are two. Night curfews have been in effect for a long time anyway. Bars, restaurants and cafes are also closed.
The number of coronavirus cases has continued to rise in the past few weeks. This also worsened the situation in the hospitals, in some cases dramatically. Sometimes the limits of the capacity were reached. Dozens of patients had to be taken to other hospitals, including other countries.
