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January 22, 2021

Vaccine boost for poor countries as Biden pledges US Covid aid

New US President Joe Biden on Friday ordered more help for Americans struggling to cope with the pandemic in the world’s worst-hit country, as international deals won cheaper tests and vaccines for millions in less wealthy nations. The Biden administration…
January 22, 2021

Belgium bans non-essential foreign trips from Wednesday

Belgium will ban non-essential trips in and out of the country from Wednesday in a bid to curb the spread of highly contagious coronavirus variants, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said. The prohibition will run to March 1 and apply…
January 21, 2021

EU not naive in celebrating Biden arrival: Belgian FM

The European Union should “chart its own course” even as it celebrates the arrival of US President Joe Biden in the White House, Belgian Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmes told AFP on Thursday. “There is an expectation, a hope to be…
January 21, 2021

EU leaders mull border closure to fight virus variants

EU leaders will grapple Thursday with the threat of new coronavirus variants as wary countries push for a closure of Europe’s internal borders to stop the spread. The chiefs will hold a summit — by videolink to protect themselves from…
January 18, 2021

British virus variant prompts new measures in Belgium

Belgium on Monday prepared to fight the spread of the British variant of the coronavirus after outbreak reports in schools and retirement homes of the strain believed to be more infectious. Carl Decaluwe, the governor of West Flanders, which includes…
January 17, 2021

UK virus variant infects scores at Belgian retirement home

More than 100 people have been infected with the UK strain of the coronavirus at a Belgian retirement home, its director told AFP on Sunday. Three residents died after the virus began spreading at the De Groene Verte home in…
January 17, 2021

DR Congo honours Lumumba 60 years on from his assassination

The Democratic Republic of Congo honoured independence hero Patrice Lumumba on Sunday, marking 60 years since he was assassinated in a plot linked to the fledgling nation’s colonial master Belgium. President Felix Tshisekedi paid tribute to the charismatic politician at…
January 17, 2021

UK virus variant kills 3, infects scores at Belgian retirement home

The UK variant of the coronavirus has claimed the lives of three residents at a retirement home in northwestern Belgium and infected 111 people including 39 staff members, its director Jurgen Duyck told AFP on Sunday. The cluster represents two-thirds…
January 17, 2021

Europe vaccine rollout shifts up a gear as supply worries linger

France and Russia prepared to beef up their coronavirus inoculation programmes next week, even as authorities sought to allay concerns about supplies of the vaccines while the global pandemic shows no sign of being brought under control. With infections surging…

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