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Coronavirus pandemic
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A two-day EU leaders’ summit resulting from begin on Thursday has been postponed till 1 October after a safety guard examined optimistic for Covid-19.
European Council President Charles Michel has to quarantine, as he and the guard have been “in shut contact early final week”, spokesman Barend Leyts tweeted.
Mr Michel has examined damaging for the virus, however is self-isolating in accordance with the principles in Belgium.
Leaders have been resulting from talk about overseas affairs, such because the disaster in Belarus.
Belarus has been gripped by weeks of mass protests, triggered by an election broadly believed to have been rigged in favour of long-time chief Alexander Lukashenko.
The summit was additionally anticipated to be dominated by one other disaster within the jap Mediterranean, the place Turkey and Greece have been in a standoff over gasoline drilling.
In a press release, Mr Leyts mentioned: “[Charles Michel] at present realized {that a} safety officer, with whom he was in shut contact early final week, examined optimistic for Covid.
“The president is examined often and examined damaging yesterday. Respecting Belgian guidelines, he has gone into quarantine as of at present.”
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Instances of coronavirus are surging throughout Europe.
On Friday, Belgium reported greater than 2,000 new circumstances in a 24-hour interval – a pointy spike, and its highest single-day enhance because the first peak of circumstances on 15 April.
In Belgium, anybody who comes into contact with somebody who’s a confirmed case of coronavirus has to isolate at house for 14 days.