The governor of Antwerp Cathy Berx notes with sadness that many Dutch people are coming to our country. “It is a pity that so many Dutch people come to our country. It is especially not very social, solidarity or sensible. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte made the same appeal in the House of Representatives in the Netherlands. He defended the lockdown. The difficult measures in the Netherlands are necessary for public health. He asked not to circumvent them by crossing the border and doing what is not allowed in the Netherlands,” says Cathy Berx in “The world today”.
According to Berx, it is very unfortunate to see that people do. “In this way, the Dutch create double pressure in Flanders. On the one hand, there is much more pressure in Flanders with all the associated consequences. There is the possible impact on the increase in the number of infections.”
“In addition, the Dutch who would become infected here due to the crowds and return to the Netherlands would put extra pressure on healthcare in the Netherlands. Not only on primary care, doctors and pharmacies, but also on hospital care. That was precisely the reason. why the Netherlands is taking far-reaching measures. They want to ensure that the hospital infrastructure does not crash.”
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