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    • Belgium’s hospitality sector projected to lose 1.7 billion euros
    Belgium’s hospitality industry stands to lose about 1.7 billion euros now that the Coronavirus lockdown is certain to continue through ...
    Belgium’s hospitality sector projected to lose 1.7 billion euros
    Belgium’s hospitality industry stands to lose about 1.7 billion euros now that the Coronavirus lockdown is certain to continue through Easter, says ...
    Belgians urged to work hard to avoid economic collapse due to Covid-19 crisis
    The Governor of the National Bank of Belgium, Pierre Wunsch, would like Belgians to keep working as much as possible so as to deaden the impact of ...
    Coronavirus – Spain: 832 people die in a single day, bringing the death toll to 5,690
    The novel Coronavirus claimed 832 lives in a single day in Spain, bringing the cumulative death toll in the country to 5,690, according to the latest ...
    Wuhan begins to emerge from months-long isolation
    Wuhan, the Chinese city where the novel Coronavirus was first detected, began emerging timidly on Saturday from its months-long isolation, with a ...
    Belgian supermarkets donate 460,000 meals to food banks
    Belgium’s supermarkets have committed to donating 223 tonnes of foodstuffs – enough to serve up 460,000 meals – to the country’s food banks. ...
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