Again with a mouth mask at a cafe or restaurant and four days…

The winter without corona, which we so hoped, will not come. All alarm lights are red again, Prime Minister De Croo started the press conference. “Nine in ten adults have been vaccinated, so a new lockdown is not necessary at the moment. However, additional measures are absolutely necessary. Because the virus we are now fighting is three times stronger than the previous one and therefore much more contagious.”

That is why the Consultation Committee has opted for maximum caution. The new measures will now take effect on Saturday and will apply until January 28, 2022.

Horeca

It mondmasker is mandatory in the horeca. Both in cafes and restaurants. When we come in, walk around and go to the toilet. If you sit down, the mouth mask can be removed. These measures are in addition to the Covid Safe Ticket, which remains mandatory.

Work

Working from home will become mandatory in the private sector and in all public administrations, unless this is impossible due to the nature of the work. Until December 12, everyone must be off four days a week work from home. From December 13, three days a week. Many infections happen in the workplace, so according to experts it is only logical that those who do not necessarily have to be in the office, just work from home.

Mouth mask obligation from 10 years

The mouth mask obligation will be extended to children from 10 years old.The Ministers of Education decide whether they want to introduce a mouth mask obligation for children under 12 years old about the mouth mask at school.

In publicly accessible areas such as stations, fitness centers or libraries, for example, children must also wear a mouth mask from Saturday.

School

Face masks will return to secondary education from 20 November and will be maintained in the 5th and 6th grade, says Flemish Minister of Education Ben Weyts (N-VA). Each classroom will also have a CO2 meter.

nightlife

Operators of discotheques feared another mandatory closure. But it won’t be for the time being. The Consultation Committee is tightening the rules. This way you can only enter with a Covid Safe Ticket and with a mouth mask. That mouth mask may be removed if a self-test is provided on site.

Wedding and other parties

No ban, but additional measures for wedding and other parties. The mouth mask will be mandatory there, also while dancing. For parties with more than 50 people inside and more than 100 people outside, the Covid Safe Ticket is also mandatory.

Keep your distance and ventilate

It is absolutely necessary, says the Consultation Committee, that people keep 1.5 meters away and limit social contacts as much as possible.

Ventilation is also absolutely necessary, according to the Minister of Health Frank Vandenbroucke (Vooruit). The Consultation Committee asks the regional ministers of Education and Work to quickly and generally install CO₂ meters in classrooms and in companies where many people come together.

third shot

Everyone gets a booster shot. Vaccination will start as soon as possible for 5- to 11-year-olds.

According to Gudrun Briat of the Vaccination Taskforce, the third shot will certainly be given in the vaccination centers as far as Flanders is concerned.

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