Belgium imposes partial lockdown to control coronavirus

Belgium has imposed a partial lockdown in a new bid to gain control of the pandemic that has hit the country worse than any other in the European Union.

As Covid-19 infections continued their record rise on Friday, the government moved to restrict travel and shopping.

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