Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo speaks during a news conference after a government meeting, to announce new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) related restrictions, in Brussels, Belgium March 5, 2021. Olivier Matthys/Pool via REUTERS
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo set out a roadmap for easing lockdown restrictions on Friday, even as COVID-19 infections rose, with restaurants, bars, gyms and cinemas set to reopen on May 1.
De Croo gave Belgians a glimpse of light at the end of a five-month period of restrictions that have only allowed schools, shops and, more recently, hairdressers to operate.
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