Belgium has agreed, with effect from this Wednesday, an extension of the list of travel essentials allowed in the framework of the fight against the pandemic Covid-19 in four categories, including the sailors and students, announced by the minister of foreign Affairs, Philippe Goffin.

The belgian authorities have also allowed the citizens of the countries of the european Union and the Schengen area (the EU+) and nationals of third countries legally resident in the EU, as well as members of their family, to travel at their own convenience, in the EU+ – also in Belgium.