Corona debate: questions about measures | Inland

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The cabinet has abandoned the tactic to reduce the corona virus with local measures. With a series of national interventions for the next three weeks – such as no more than 30 people together in private rooms, no public at sports matches, closing sports canteens and a maximum of three visitors at home – Prime Minister Rutte and ‘corona minister’ De Jonge try the flaring second corona wave to contain it again as soon as possible.

The Lower House will discuss the measures taken on Wednesday from 11.30 am. The central question for the opposition is whether it is not ‘too little, too late’ on the part of the cabinet. The experts of the Outbreak Management Team (OMT) propose even stricter measures, but the government is still keeping some of these, such as a curfew, on hand.

Shearing off

“The moment the hospitals get into trouble, we will be too late,” said SP leader Lilian Marijnissen. “She wants a clear schedule in which a fixed measure is available for each contamination level. The socialist denounces the government’s passing of responsibilities. “To the shopkeepers, to the caregivers, to the mayors.”

PvdA leader, like Marijnissen, expresses his support for the measures taken by the cabinet. “At the same time, I hold my heart.” He thinks it is a ‘dangerous prospect’ that the cabinet has the goal of carefully curbing the spread. He argues for more drastic measures faster. For example, he wants to make masks compulsory in places where a meter and a half cannot be guaranteed. “” Not because it is the solution, but because it contributes to reducing the virus. ” Asscher does not have a good word for the fact that mouth masks are a choice, which the cabinet will enforce on shopkeepers. “Irresponsible.”

Asscher also calls it ‘unfair’ that the cabinet recommends OMT not to use masks as a preventive measure in nursing homes, but only in the big cities.

‘Too late’

The RedTeam, another group of experts, had reinforced the idea in the House on Wednesday morning that the new measures are still insufficient and, above all, were taken too late. The experts point out that the virus flared up locally in July, but no action was taken. According to them, the current measures would also be insufficient to put things in order within three weeks.

Follow the debate through the messages of political reporter Alexander Bakker.

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