{"id":151634,"date":"2020-10-19T06:31:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T06:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/coronavirus-tsunami-nearing-belgium-health-minister-warns\/"},"modified":"2020-10-19T06:31:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T06:31:14","slug":"coronavirus-tsunami-nearing-belgium-health-minister-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/coronavirus-tsunami-nearing-belgium-health-minister-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus \u2018tsunami\u2019 nearing Belgium, health minister warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coronavirus transmission is slipping out of control in Belgium, Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke said Sunday, on the eve of new restrictions in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are really very close to a tsunami,\u201d he warned, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtl.be\/info\/magazine\/c-est-pas-tous-les-jours-dimanche\/-la-situation-sanitaire-en-wallonie-et-a-bruxelles-est-la-plus-dangereuse-de-toute-l-europe--1252427.aspx\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">speaking to broadcaster RTL<\/a>. \u201cWe no longer control what is happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/belgium-shutters-bars-and-restaurants-to-combat-coronavirus\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New restrictions<\/a> are set to take effect on Monday, including the closure of all bars and restaurants, and a midnight curfew nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The health situations in Brussels and Wallonia are the \u201cmost dangerous in all of Europe,\u201d Vandenbroucke added.<\/p>\n<p>Belgium as a whole has seen about 605 infections per 100,000 people over the last 14 days, second only to the Czech Republic, which has 771, according to European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control data. 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