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Belgium on Monday prepared to fight the spread of the British variant of the coronavirus after outbreak reports in schools and retirement homes of the strain believed to be more infectious.
Carl Decaluwe, the governor of West Flanders, which includes the postcard city of Bruges, said he had ordered a massive wave of testing in several schools.
The measures came after about two-thirds of the residents of a retirement home in the town of Houthulst and one third of the staff were infected, a statement said.
Three people died, the De Groene Verte home said.
In all about 130 people tested positive with the British strain, the town s mayor told AFP, with the country now seriously considering tougher restrictions on travel in and out of the country.
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