LIVE | Cabinet provides more clarity about mouth masks advice | Inland

The cabinet will announce the exact details of the ‘urgent advice’ for masks in public indoor spaces on Friday afternoon on the website of the national government. This aims to remove any uncertainty about the advice.

It is expected that these details will be shared with the Prime Minister before 6 p.m., possibly after the weekly press conference. Deputy Prime Minister Kajsa Ollongren will give that press conference this Friday, because Rutte is in Brussels for an extra EU summit. She also heads the Council of Ministers this week. It is the first time that she has replaced Rutte since she returned from sick leave this spring. Before that, she did it twice before, in 2018.

Last Wednesday, Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced that the advice immediately applies to the entire country, for all places “where you cannot see the sky.” The prime minister mentioned, among other things, shops, museums, airports, parking garages and petrol stations.

He acknowledged that this advice could raise many questions. For example, at stations there is a recommendation to wear mouth masks, while they are mandatory on the train. It is also recommended to wear them when visiting cafes, theaters or restaurants, but they are no longer needed once someone sits down. After all, chairs or stools can be placed 1.5 meters apart.

In many other countries it is mandatory from a certain age to wear a mouth mask. Rutte does not want to go that far, despite the fact that some opposition parties had asked for it. For a long time, the Netherlands was reluctant to use mouth masks. Now experts argue that broad use can contribute to reducing the corona virus.

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