Sunday, April 19, 2020, 2:57 PM
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Will the schools reopen after the May holidays? And will the catering entrepreneurs get more leeway? Will the measures for young people be relaxed? Lots of questions and no one who knows the answers. Undoubtedly, the press conference that Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister Hugo de Jonge will be giving on Tuesday will attract a large audience. In any case, the former head of infection control at the GGD Jos van de Sande will sit down. He does not expect major changes yet.
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“Or something like a little devil should come out of a box.” He is thinking of relaxing measures for young people. “But mainly because of the political pressure. It is really a huge dilemma facing the government. All the more since nothing is yet known about research into the coronavirus among young people. At least, I think, because nothing has leaked yet which is special in itself. ”
More relaxation on ic’s
The results of an investigation into the infectiousness of children, which has already been discussed a lot, are not yet available. The cabinet will already hear partial results before they even decide on Tuesday whether or not to open the schools.
“When it becomes clear what role children or young people can play in the spread of the coronavirus, you can anticipate that. If that is not the case, I assume that the government will continue to follow the same path and that no rigorous steps will be taken. “
“Obviously, the most important thing is that the pressure on healthcare continues to decrease. As a result, the ICs will experience more relaxation and there will be more room for other healthcare. But no one is waiting for a faltering policy, how big the economic interests may also be. ”
“I am happy that there is no Ministry of Horeca as the Ministry of Agriculture functioned during the Q fever epidemic,” says Van de Sande. He wants to say that at that time the government was too attentive to the interests of agriculture, leaving public health, the care for Q fever patients, to be desired. “Yes, there is still a lot of old pain. Now I have to say that the government is acting well. I was even pleasantly surprised. ”
‘Four days on the road’
Van de Sande is not counting on Rutte to talk about the larger events scheduled after 1 June on Tuesday. He is thinking of the international walking four days of Nijmegen. “Not yet on Tuesday, but in the end the decision will have to be made to call off these crowd pullers.”
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