Restrictions tightened, but no new virus lockdown in Belgium

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has stopped short of imposing another full lockdown, as the country did in March, but has introduced a series of new restrictive measures as the number of COVID-19-related hospital admissions and deaths continues to soar. Already severely hit during the first wave of the pandemic, Belgium is now the second-worst country in the European Union in terms of coronavirus infections. Following government talks held via video conference afte