PEPINSTER, BELGIUM — A fed-up cafe owner in Belgium is sleeping in her premises with little food, in protest at the months-long shutdown of her sector to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
From the start of the pandemic until now, Belgium has gone from being one of the worst-hit countries in the world -- with one of the highest per capita Covid-19 mortality rates -- to being among the few EU countries to get a grip on curbing infections. Around 40 percent of hospitality establishments were already on the brink of bankruptcy following the first lockdown, according to a survey last year by the Foodservice Alliance.
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