FILE PHOTO: Belgium's Health Minister Maggie De Block holds a news conference after a cabinet meeting to discuss measures related to the coronavirus outbreak in Brussels, Belgium March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - 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 17, Belgians are only allowed to leave home to buy food, for health-related errands or to assist someone in need. Schools and universities are closed and employees of most companies have to work from home.
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