Brussels: Europe and the Arabs

Starting today, Belgium began applying the procedures that it announced a few days ago with regard to travelers coming from China, which require them to present a health certificate proving the presence of a negative Corona test in order for them to be allowed to enter the country, and the same procedures will be applied in the neighboring country, the Netherlands, starting next Tuesday. And according to the media in Brussels, the Dutch Minister of Health, Ernst Kuipers, decided to do so, after other European countries had already taken similar measures. Which sent an urgent advice to travelers to wear a medical face mask on flights to and from China, which is witnessing a large outbreak of Corona. In Belgium, Minister of State Nicole de Moore, who is responsible for access to Belgian territory, announced a few days ago that third-country nationals who come to Belgium with a direct flight from China must present a negative Corona test certificate, otherwise they will be refused entry to Belgium. . The airline concerned and the Brussels airport operator will have to check passengers for this. The measure will come into effect from today, Sunday, January 8, when China lifts the travel ban., when China lifts the travel ban.