The Belgian government is introducing prison sentences of up to two years for those caught intentionally coughing on police officers during the coronavirus crisis. The decision to toughen the measures has been confirmed by the Belgium College of Attorneys General and comes after two men spat on police officers in…
Belgium may have incorrectly attributed many who died from other causes to the coronavirus according to a new study. The country is currently second worldwide after Italy with the highest number of deaths per million inhabitants. According to the Johns Hopkins University statistics, Belgium has suffered 33,573 confirmed infected with…
Belgian hospitals have reportedly been left without enough face masks after the government ordered 100,000 unusable masks - which were packed alongside animal poo. Local newspaper De Tijd reported having access to an exchange of e-mails between the hospitals in question and the Flemish Health Agency (Vlaams Agentschap Zorg en…
Belgium has admitted it destroyed 32 million unused sterilised surgical masks just months before the massive Coronavirus outbreak in Europe and now the country is running low on supplies for medics. The strategic reserve that the Belgian health body had stored since the 2009 H1N1 swine flue pandemic was destroyed…
A man convicted of hacking airlines to get VIP tickets to travel the world has gone on trial in Belgium over a 15,000-GBP business class return trip to New York for him and his pals. The hacker, who was not named, has already been on trial and found guilty in…
