In the country of Belgium, cases of corona are surging day by day. All bars and restaurants will be forced to shut for four weeks, the federal government announced on Friday. This came as an order to tackle a surging second wave of the coronavirus, with hospitals close to running out of beds. The Belgian government also chose to impose a curfew from midnight to 5 a.m for a month.

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After a five-hour meeting, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo told a news conference, “This virus is affecting our country in a very hard way." He also added, “The coming weeks will be very difficult but we must take those measures to avoid the worse.” The measures will last at least four weeks from Oct. 19, with a synopsis of their impact after two weeks. The measures also include degrading to just one the number of people Belgians can see in close proximity outside their homes and enforcing work from home for most employees. Selling alcohol will be forbidden after 8 p.m.

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Belgium followed the Netherlands, which closed its bars and restaurants on Oct. 13, and France in forcing a nighttime curfew. After five weeks of reopening, Belgian universities will have to switch mostly to online teaching from Monday, although schools will remain open for now. The nation of 11 million people has Europe’s second-highest infection rate per capita after the Czech Republic. New infections are doubling every week, hitting a peak of 8,500 on Monday and probably more than 10,000 on Tuesday.

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