Belgium shuts down restaurants and sets police hours to fight COVID-19

Belgium has decided on Friday to shut down all cafes and restaurants for the next four weeks, as well as to set police hours, while trying to fight the rapid increase in the number of coronary infected.

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Cruo has announced these measures, which will begin to be implemented by Monday, after meeting with the Belgian government crisis team, warning that COVID-19, which causes Coronavirus, is increasing in a way <x0=exponcial”.

With more than 10,300 deaths from the population of 11.5 million people, Belgium is one of the worst affected countries in Europe.

“Week after week, data is doubling, is an exponential increase”, De Cruo said at a news conference.

The Brussels city region has ordered bars and cafes to close last week, but Friday's announcement expands the move across the country.

The new restrictions include a midmorning until 5: 00 a.m. curfew with the aim of preventing people from staying at home, as well as a ban on selling alcohol after 8:00.

Homework should become the new “rate has said De Creo, while theatres and cinemas are allowed to stay open, respecting physical distance.

Belgian health authorities have registered 191,959 people infected with coronarys since the pandemic broke out there.

Of them 10,327 patients have died.