House in debate on further approach to corona crisis | Inland

Follow the debate via reporter Niels Rigter at the bottom of this post.

The House has recently become increasingly critical of the cabinet’s corona policy. The parties believe, among other things, that the cabinet has waited too long with new measures to stop the growing number of infections.

It is still too early to measure the effect of the new measures, said Rutte during a short press conference on Tuesday evening. The measures took effect almost two weeks ago. According to the prime minister, the picture of the last days is not unfavorable. A leveling off is visible, but the numbers remain too high. This image also emerges from the technical briefing that RIVM director Jaap van Dissel and Ernst Kuipers of the National Network Acute Care gave to the House earlier today. Still, it will take until the new year before the healthcare sector has some air again, Kuipers said.

Rutte will also have to clarify the press conference last Tuesday evening. There the message was that the figures still offer insufficient guidance to adjust or not to adjust the measures of 13 October. Nevertheless, De Jonge said between nose and lips that we ‘know for sure’ that the measures must remain in force until December. State Secretary Mona Keijzer certainly did not make the message any clearer by declaring late at night on TV that extension of the measures, including closing the catering industry, is by no means certain.

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