Belgium imposes partial lockdown to control coronavirus

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has announced 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 (Philip Reynaers/Pool/AP)

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.