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If the number of new infections in and around large cities continues to increase so rapidly, new measures are needed, Jaap van Dissel, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Control of the RIVM, warns in the AD. The number of confirmed corona infections rose by 1270 on Friday, which equates to 7.3 positive people for every 100,000 inhabitants. For the first time since April 17, the number of infections has exceeded the so-called signal value.

Van Dissel: “We want to keep the number of infections as low as possible, so you have to make sure that things don’t get out of hand. There are various clusters around students: they start their academic year again and build up many contacts. But that is not possible now. Student societies and catering establishments must close late at night, the number of social contacts must be limited, such measures then have an effect. ”

Van Dissel does not think of a national lockdown: “why should Drenthe participate in a measure that is necessary in the Randstad? You want to prevent that. In the spring we had to fight the medical crisis with a sledgehammer, which is different now. We can do source and contact research for 90 percent of the people, hospitals see a stable picture with a limited number of admissions, we test more. ”

Van Dissel mentions non-compliance with the corona advice on hygiene, keeping your distance and staying at home in the event of complaints as possible causes of the rapid increase: “Our behavioral research shows that nine out of ten people with complaints still go outside. That’s just risky. ”

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