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The government of Flanders is concerned that residential care homes are being too cautious about visitors, restricting access even when the risk of spreading the coronavirus can be controlled.
A survey carried out by journalists at Bruzz has shown that more than 15% of people in Brussels are not wearing a facemask or not wearing it correctly.
The City of Antwerp will open a sprawling new Covid-19 testing site in the city’s Spoor Oost neighbourhood next week.
Jansen Pharmaceutica has begun the first phase of testing its candidate coronavirus vaccine on human volunteers in Belgium.
Belgium has tightened its coronavirus measures for at least the next four weeks, with new limits on social contacts and events, after a 71% surge in new infections in the past week.
Researchers in Antwerp are aiming to explore the effects of air pollution on children’s health, by focusing on the impact of their journey to school.
Virologists at KU Leuven’s Rega Institute have developed a candidate vaccine against Covid-19.
Wearing a mask will be compulsory in all Belgian shops, cinemas, museums and libraries from this Saturday, 11 July, it has been announced.
An open letter signed by more than 700 physicians around the country is demanding that measures to control the spread of Covid-19 continue to be enforced among the population.
