nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200325-123414-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200325s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200325-123414-0 doi eng 342 23 Moonen, Toon Author aut Fighting COVID 19 – Legal Powers and Risks: Belgium Moonen, Toon Verfassungsblog 2020-03-25 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The last weeks, we have witnessed the outbreak of a virus the like of which the world has not seen in a long time. As the epicenter of the crisis moved to Europe, Belgium has not been spared. Upon finishing this blogpost, 4,269 cases of COVID 19 were reported. 1,859 people were hospitalized. In total, until now, 122 patients died. Measures to fight the crisis and its consequences took many forms, including legally. In this post, we focus on three categories: containment measures, the granting of ‘special powers’ to the executive and measures aimed at socio-economic survival and recovery. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Coronavirus COVID 19 Nahhas and Hadri v. Belgium Riemslagh, Jonas Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/fighting-covid-19-legal-powers-and-risks-belgium/ raw object