The cabinet is already considering stricter measures if the number of infections continues to increase or does not fall quickly enough. Sources in The Hague say that. The figures for this weekend and especially Sunday are decisive.
Political reporter Ron Fresen: “Tomorrow the cabinet will talk about stricter measures. They should mainly ensure that it becomes quieter in the evening on the street, so then it is about scrapping late night shopping and closing the catering industry earlier.”
Consideration is also being given to scrapping Sunday shopping to make things quieter when most people are off. There are also rumors about the introduction of a curfew, but Fresen thinks that chance is small. “Opinions are very divided on this and there are legal and practical objections.”
One and a half year
The cabinet also wants to work on a long-term plan, so that new measures do not have to be announced every week that no one sees coming.
Fresen: “They assume that it can take another year and a half before we get rid of this. If there is a vaccine in the spring, according to scientists it will take at least another year before the effect is really big enough. Hence, that a long-term plan is now also being considered, because you cannot leave the country in uncertainty for so long. “
Weekend
Earlier today, Minister De Jonge said that he does not think it is realistic to scale down the current corona measures. Over the weekend, the government will examine whether the upward trend continues or whether the measures announced last week are bearing fruit.
Then, among other things announced that cafes and restaurants should close at 10 pm, that no more public is allowed for sports matches and that the size of groups is limited on all kinds of occasions.
If extra measures are needed, they will have to come into effect as soon as possible, said De Jonge: “If you see how fast hospital admissions are increasing, regardless of the infections, we are not doing ourselves great pleasure if we only have another eight days. go to a meeting. “
On Tuesday there will probably be another press conference of Prime Minister Rutte and De Jonge.
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