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Three tons of food from retailers and restaurants in Brussels was binned in 2019 because it did not conform to safety regulations.
The latest Covid-19 survey by science institute Sciensano shows a downturn in people’s mental and social health as a result of the pandemic, with one in five respondents suffering with feeli
Belgium will ban travel from the United Kingdom from midnight tonight (Sunday) as a precautionary measure after a highly contagious strain of coronavirus was detected in the south of England.
What's the situation like at the moment?
Some 15,000 more people have died this year in comparison to an average year in Belgium, making it the worst year for mortality since the Second World War.
Health House in Leuven has spent much of 2020 with its doors closed to visitors, but it has not been idle.
The municipality of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode is offering relaxation areas for residents living in cramped accommodation and suffering from the mental strain of the coronavirus crisis.
Belgium has allowed non-essential stores, museums and swimming pools to reopen from Tuesday 1 December - but will not relax the current rules on social contacts for the Christmas holidays.
As of 1 December, there will be 3,224 places in shelters available to homeless people in the Brussels region.
