FILE PHOTO: A health worker standing in an intensive care unit treats a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Montlegia CHC clinic in Liege, Belgium October 29, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium stopped short on Friday of confining people to their homes but tightened restrictions on businesses and social life to avert a breakdown of the health system as the country records the highest rate of COVID-19 infections in Europe.
With the resurgent pandemic ravaging the continent, France and Germany announced new lockdowns, including tough restrictions on people's movement in the former. Other countries in the 27-nation European Union are also curbing daily lives.
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