Curaçao in lockdown due to coronavirus | Inland

In the Netherlands, 771 people have now died from the disease. The virus has been detected in 10,866 people. The number of hospital admissions is still increasing, but it is “rising slightly less rapidly”, according to the RIVM. Read all about it here latest figures in the Netherlands. watch here the interactive map from The Netherlands.

The main points:

• RIVM fears that there will be many more ic beds needed
• ‘Sure month longer measures needed “
• Minister Van Rijn has “good conversation“With Chinese after mouth masks have been rejected

Lockdown Curaçao

The Saturday curfew set on Curaçao was converted into a permanent lockdown of the island a day later. Immediately, people are only allowed to go outside in an emergency or to go shopping. All businesses must remain closed except for supermarkets, building materials stores, toko’s, pharmacies and pumping stations. This is reported by the Antilliaans Dagblad.

Anyone who goes on the street without good reason risks a high fine. The measures apply for a minimum of two weeks. The reason for the stricter measures is, according to the Antillean newspaper, the suspicion that an initial local infection has been detected. In the eyes of the authorities, this increases the risk of the lung virus spreading.

According to Prime Minister Eugene Rhuggenaath of Curaçao, there are exceptions to the lockdown, namely for people with vital professions. These are police, doctors, nurses, security companies and journalists.

Cruise ship Zaandam is looking for a destination

Holland America Line (HAL) says its crews are working “around the clock” to “find a destination” for the Dutch cruise ship Zaandam. The ship is located off the coast of Panama. Several people on board are infected with the coronavirus, four people have died earlier.

On Saturday, hundreds of passengers moved to Rotterdam without demonstrable complaints, both ships are from HAL. “The most important thing is insulation, whether you are limited to Zaandam or Rotterdam. The best way to protect your health is isolation as we work to find a destination where you can disembark and return home, ”said HAL boss.

The Zaandam The Zaandam probably sails to the port of Fort Lauderdale, in Florida, in the US. According to the Panamanian authorities, the Rotterdam returns to San Diego, where the ship came from. Fort Lauderdale mayor Dean Trantalis said on Sunday that docking the Zaandam at his city is not yet a done deal. “The US Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security must first prepare a plan to protect our community,” he said on Facebook and Twitter.

Nothing has been revealed about the identity of the deceased. There are twenty Dutch people on board.

Twitter Deletes Videos Brazilian President

Twitter has removed two videos by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for violating “the rules” of the social network. The head of state in the videos expressed doubts about the usefulness and necessity of quarantine measures in the fight against the spread of the corona virus.

The videos showed how the head of state meets people on the street in the city of Brasilia. In doing so, he acts contrary to the instructions of his own government to stay at home. A video containing a conversation between him and a street vendor has been deleted. “What I have been able to discuss with people is that they want to work. They have to be careful and people over 65 stay at home, ”said Bolsonaro in the deleted video.

Twitter explains in a statement why the removal decision was made. “Twitter recently announced worldwide that it will tighten its rules to take into account content that may violate public health guidelines from official sources and could increase the risk of transmission of Covid-19.”

Bolsonaro continues to downplay the coronavirus, which he described as “minor flu”. He has strongly criticized the restrictive measures taken by local authorities in several states, in particular by governors of the states of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, who have been most severely affected by the epidemic. In Brazil, 4256 people are infected and 136 of them have died from the effects of the lung disease.

China

The number of new corona infections in China has fallen again. The authorities announced on Monday that 31 people were diagnosed with the lung virus in a 24-hour period. That was 45 a day earlier. Four people died, all in Hubei province where the virus outbreak started.

In total, 3,304 people have now died from the effects of the coronavirus, 81,470 Chinese have become infected. More than 75,000 of them have now been declared cured.

China used to be the epicenter of the global virus outbreak, but the focus of the pandemic has now shifted to Europe and the United States. The Chinese government wants to prevent people who have become infected in other countries from taking the virus back.

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