VIDEOOn the day of a record number of corona infections, the cabinet is struggling with the question of which measures are appropriate and effective. Those involved realize that a ‘short blow’ is needed to flatten the winter wave, but are not yet sure how this should be done. The Catshuis consultation will therefore continue this evening. ‘Almost all options are on the table’.
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Tobias den Hartog, Niels Klaassen
Latest update: 17:15
The outgoing cabinet needs more time to reach agreement. In the Catshuis, the ministers involved spoke for more than three hours this morning with OMT chairman Jaap van Dissel, among others, they will continue to talk at 7 p.m. tonight. “More time is needed, it is a complicated discussion,” reports a source from The Hague.
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The OMT advises canceling events and curbing catering and culture in the next two weeks, but drawing up an appropriate and fair package of measures is not easy this time. Closing a cinema while a café remains open does not rhyme, a source admits: ,,You prefer to draw one line, that’s what conversations are about. All options are on the table, except the school closure,” says this insider.
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According to a source from the OMT, more far-reaching measures such as a curfew are ‘out of the question now’.
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The choices that the Outbreak Management Team presents to politicians are all tricky. It was announced this morning that the experts would prefer a short-term, mild lockdown to flatten the autumn wave.
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In addition, the maximum allowed group size should be adjusted again, events can then be deleted, the closing times of the catering industry should also be shortened. And everyone – also in cafes – would be tied to a fixed seat again. Theaters and cinemas should even close, although those involved also say that this is difficult to sell if other locations remain open. Het 2G protocol can also be entered then unvaccinated people are no longer welcome in certain places. That takes weeks to enter. Until then, other action is needed.
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The cabinet has to work out the details today. The measures will be announced tomorrow evening during a press conference.
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Additional measures
The cabinet is brooding on extra measures to tame the new corona wave. On average, more than 12,000 infections are added every day, today even 16,000, a record. There are now 1,699 corona patients in hospital, 330 of which are in IC. In Limburg, doctors fear a ‘health care stroke’ and ‘local code black’ because the influx of patients is too great.
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The 2G Rules are also ‘one of many options’ for smashing the bow flat. According to that protocol, only vaccinated or cured persons are still welcome in, for example, the catering industry. This measure already applies in several German federal states and Austria.
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The OMT has mentioned the 2G option for some time, but it is politically extremely controversial. In the Netherlands there seems to be too little political support for the exclusion of unvaccinated people. “If the House of Representatives had not blocked it, it would probably have been announced earlier,” reports a cabinet source.
Last week, more than a month after the major relaxation, the first restrictions went into effect. Working from home has to be done half the time, mouth caps are mandatory again in many places. Except where the corona pass is used. This serves as an admission ticket in the catering industry, cultural institutions, in swimming pools and gyms.
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Following a change in the law, the QR code will also be introduced for amusement parks and zoos.
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The expansion of the corona pass to the workplace, for non-essential shops and in healthcare is being prepared, sources report.
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