Outgoing Prime Minister Rutte and Minister De Jonge.. Photo: Phil Nijhuis
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Sources around the OMT confirm a request to the cabinet to hold a press conference earlier than Friday 3 December.
Outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte makes an urgent appeal to everyone to better adhere to the basic measures against the corona virus. Otherwise, the government may not be able to afford to wait with additional measures until 3 December, the day on which the next ‘weighing moment’ is planned for the time being.
Code Black is approaching
It seems that a ‘press moment’ or speech by Rutte is being directed, in view of the now structurally more than 20,000 infections per day, the approaching ‘Black Code’ at hospitals and to emphasize urgent advice such as working from home and staggered shopping.
Social unrest
With these figures, the increasing social unrest about this, and “especially a message that needs to be clearer, a press conference in just two weeks is irresponsible”, sources around the OMT say.
‘Code black threatens’
This does not directly concern new corona measures, because it is too early to determine whether or not the new measures since 13 November have had sufficient results. “The message needs to be much clearer. The why. The urgency doesn’t seem to get through. Code Zwart threatens and what that means should not only have to be explained to the Netherlands by Diederik Gommers in a talk show.”
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