Several new areas in the European Union, including Amsterdam, Vienna and Budapest, will become red zones for travellers from Belgium from Friday, according to the Foreign Affairs Department's latest update.
This means that Belgium will no longer allow non-essential travel to these areas, and being tested and quarantined upon return will be mandatory, from Friday 18 September at 4:00 PM.
Hungary's and Austria's capital cities, Budapest and Vienna, will become red zones from Friday, as will the Dutch provinces North-Holland (which includes Amsterdam) and South-Holland (which includes Rotterdam and The Hague).
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In France, the departments of Aveyron, Gers, Ille-et-Vilaine, Indre-et-Loire, Isère, Loire, Maine-et-Loire, Nord, Pas-de-Calais, Puy-de-Dôme, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pyrénées-Orientales, Sarthe, Seine-Maritime, Tarn-et-Garonne and Vienne will become red.
For Croatia, the provinces of Virovitica-Podravina and Lika-Senj will turn red, and in the Czech Republic, the same goes for the Central Bohemian, Southwest, Northeast and Southeast Regions.
In the United Kingdom, the region of North West England will become red, and in Switzerland, the canton of Vaud will as well.
Maïthé Chini
The Brussels Times
