Belgium Second Wave: Countries Restrict Travel
Belgium Tightens Restrictions Amid Coronavirus Second Wave Other Countries Ban Travel To Belgium
New restrictions against Belgian travellers will ‘without a doubt’ be implemented
Several countries have issued new restrictions for travellers from Belgium and it’s expected that more countries will follow suit “without a doubt.”
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have imposed a 14-day quarantine for travellers from Belgium. The Netherlands has also advised against non-essential travel to Antwerp. Additionally, Norway has changed Belgium from Code Green to Code Red.
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- Norway Travel Advice against Travel to Belgium
This means that travellers from Belgium arriving in Norway have to quarantine for 10 days from 1 August upon arrival in the country.
The requirement to quarantine comes into force at midnight on Saturday 1 August.
Belgium has also been placed on Norway's travel advisory discouraging Norwegian travellers against non-essential travel to Belgium.
- The Netherlands Advises against travel to Belgium.
The Dutch government’s ban has listed the province of Antwerp as an orange travel zone.
It means that Dutch nationals are to stay away from the area for all non-essential travel.
Travel to the province of Antwerp, and to the city of Antwerp, only if it is really necessary. So not for tourism, the Dutch foreign affairs ministry
- Belgium’s Reactions to Travel Bans and Restrictions on Belgium
These countries are not wrong to implement additional restrictions, according to Marc Van Ranst, who is member both of the Belgian 'Risk Assessment Group' (RAG), which analyses the risks of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 for public health, and of the 'Scientific committee Coronavirus' which advises Belgian health authorities on combating the virus and which makes prognoses on its evolution and spread in Belgium.
He went on to say that other countries will “without a doubt” follow in the steps of Norway, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
We would also give an orange or red colour to countries that are in the same situation as us.
It can certainly not be ruled out that other countries will change their advice, but for the time being, there are no indications yet
Despite suspicions that the UK would also quarantine travellers returning from Belgium starting from, Belgium’s Foreign Affairs Department confirmed that the country will not take additional measures “for now”
- Belgium tightens Covid-19 restrictions to avoid another lockdown amid a rise in cases
Belgium's prime minister, like the UK’s Prime Minister this week put the brakes on the easing of their country's coronavirus restrictions.
Belgium unveiled a set of drastic social distancing measures aimed at avoiding a new general lockdown amid a surge of new COVID-19 infections.
Belgian residents are currently allowed to meet with 15 different people per week.
The new measures will include lowering crowd limits at public events to 100 people indoors and 200 people outdoors.
This is to avoid further restrictions and to ensure children can return to school in September, after the summer break.
People are being encouraged to work remotely when possible.
Other measures announced were that shoppers should run errands alone from now on and limit the time they spend in stores to 30 minutes.
- Belgium’s second wave of Coronavirus
BELGIUM has tightened restrictions on travel after the country reported a rise in cases sparking fears of a second wave of coronavirus.
Belgium has seen a surge in confirmed cases over the past three weeks.
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