The restrictive measures were announced in the province of Antwerp to halt the epidemic have been taken up by the international press, from Canada to Jakarta.

For the French newspaper le Monde, Belgium is back on the déconfinement, while anxiety mounts in Antwerp ". The journal attempts to find an explanation to this rebound of the virus. "How do you explain this fast reboot of the epidemic while the experts were waiting in mid-September at the earliest ? They agree from the first to deplore the failures of the authorities in the field of communication, regarding the wearing of the mask in particular. But the policies of tracing and testing also remain unclear ".