Belgium imposed travel bans in several regions of the EU

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Belgium imposed travel bans in several regions of the EU

Due to the strong increase in the Corona-infection cases, the Belgian government tourist travel in several EU has banned regions. "Not strictly necessary Reisen" in the Spanish regions of Navarre, Aragon, Barcelona and Lleida in Catalonia were not allowed, informed the Ministry of foreign Affairs in Brussels on Saturday. Also areas in Bulgaria, Romania, the UK, France and Switzerland are on a "red Liste". Anyone returning from there to Belgium, must be in quarantine.

Of the travel restrictions, the cantons of Vaud, Valais and Geneva, in France, the Département of Mayenne, and in the UK the city of Leicester are affected in Switzerland. You also need to fill out since Saturday from abroad to Belgium in returning travelers, who stay longer than 48 hours in Belgium, forms for identification. You must specify, among other things, where you have, in the past 14 days, stopped.

Who has made in a number of other regions in France, holiday, to isolate, in accordance with a recommendation by the Belgian authorities or the novel Coronavirus to test. Are affected the Paris Region, with the exception of the Départements of Seine-et-Marne, Pays de la Loire in Western France and the Départements of Nord, Haut-Rhin, Haute-Savoie, Meurthe-et-Moselle and Vosges.

Due to a strong increase in the Corona-infection cases, the authorities in Belgium have tightened the restrictions due to the pandemic will last. Since the beginning of the pandemic have been infected in the country, according to official figures, more than 68.700 people with the causative agent of Sars-CoV-2, 9841 people have died. With 85 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, Belgium has registered many Covid-19-deaths in proportion to its population.

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