People enjoy a hot summer day on a beach during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Knokke-Heist, Belgium, June 26, 2020. REUTERS/Clement Rossignol
KNOKKE-HEIST, Belgium (Reuters) - Belgium has set up a new system to track mobile phones in order to limit crowding of seaside resorts and beaches that formally open for the summer season on Saturday.
Health authorities across Europe are concerned at the prospect of masses flocking to local beaches and risking the spread of the coronavirus, such as at the English resort of Bournemouth on Thursday.
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