There is a good chance that the current lockdown in the Netherlands will be extended after January 19.
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That says GGD doctor and OMT member Christian Hoebe on Monday L1mburg Central.
Too many infections
The current ‘hard lockdown’ has been announced until January 19. In the week before, the cabinet will announce which measures will apply after that date. In Limburg, 383 per 100,000 inhabitants were tested positive in the past week. “We want to achieve fewer than 50 infections per 100,000 inhabitants. We will probably not achieve that within two weeks,” says Hoebe. “We are still a long way from that.” This means that the chance of relaxation of the current measures is extremely small.
Effect holidays
Next week is important, according to Hoebe, because then you can see the effect of Christmas and New Year on the number of infections. If people have not complied with the measures, the number of infections could rise again.
British mutation not yet in Limburg
Hoebe has good news to report about the highly contagious British corona variant. This has not yet been found in Limburg, only in the Randstad. “We have about 650 samples that we are examining for this variant, but so far the highly contagious mutation from the UK has not yet been detected.”
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