March 22, 2020 17H:21 GMT/ZULU
BRUSSELS - The lockdown of Belgium due to the coronavirus epidemic will continue for at least the next eight weeks, health minister Maggie De Block told the De Zondag paper on Sunday.
From March 22, Belgians were only allowed to leave home to buy food, for health-related errands or to assist someone in need. Schools and universities were closed and employees of most companies had to work from home.
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Non-essential travel abroad was prohibited until April 5, all gatherings were banned and police was patrolling the streets to monitor and enforce the restrictions.
Asked how long this would last, De Block said:
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“That’s the million dollar question! We are now heading toward the peak of the epidemic, after which the curve will descend. I think this situation will last for at least another eight weeks. It would be the normal curve.”
She said the estimate was based on what happened in China and South Korea, where the epidemic hit earlier.
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