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In this live blog, we will keep you informed on Monday about all the important events surrounding the corona crisis in Brabant.
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Sandra Kagie
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The main topics:
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- People who have been fined for not complying with the corona regulations should not count on remission, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said.
- The presidents of the 25 security regions will meet for the last time on Monday evening to discuss the corona measures.
- Justice Minister Ferd Grapperhaus will meet with his Belgian colleague in Baarle-Nassau on Monday to coordinate the scaling-up of corona measures in the border regions.
- Read all the news about the coronavirus on our special theme site.
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15.40
Since the outbreak of the corona virus, HEMA has fared better than expected and as a result, the retail chain has ultimately received more corona subsidy than necessary. The department store received an advance of 11.4 million euros, but expects to have to pay back 6 million euros. HEMA confirms this after reporting by RTL Z.
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When applying for the subsidy, the company expected that the turnover would drop much further than in the end due to the corona crisis, partly because the Dutch stores could still remain open. “We also sold a lot more online. Since the coronavrius outbreak, sales have on average roughly doubled compared to last year,” said a HEMA spokesperson.
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15.30
Despite a call, no people have yet been reported to the police who are wanted for involvement in the riots on the Malieveld in The Hague in June. The police threaten to show photos of those involved in two investigation programs on Tuesday and until then have given them the opportunity to report. As far as is known, this has not yet been used.
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While it was forbidden to protest against the corona measures, protesters nevertheless came to the Malieveld.
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15.00
The much-criticized design for a corona emergency law has been thoroughly modified. Those who have been imposed a corona fine will not have to fear missing out on a Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) and there will be no checks behind the front door. The bill, which was presented to the House of Representatives on Monday, “no longer resembles the first draft,” says the cabinet.
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14.15
If the call for relaxations for the catering industry is not heeded, entrepreneurs in the sector will not rule out actions. That says chairman Rober Willemsen of Koninklijke Horeca Nederland (KHN). “I am not yet preparing for a trip to the Malieveld, but I wonder to what extent our members will continue to adhere to the corona measures if the situation becomes increasingly urgent.”
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14.10
When the first restrictions were imposed due to the coronavirus, many Dutch people ran not only to supermarkets to stock up on toilet paper, but also to the doctor for antidepressants. In mid-March, the number of prescriptions for such drugs peaked. The Nivel research institute speaks of a ‘hamster effect’.
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13.00
The Brabant GGDs are looking for ex-corona patients and surviving relatives, for an investigation to the help these people can use. The health services, together with a number of other organizations, want to map out the practical and psychosocial needs of that group.
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11.00
Also on a mink farm in Aarle-Rixtel in Brabant, near Helmond, the coronavirus has been diagnosed in animals. All 2000 dams are killed as soon as possible.
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10.15
The Provincial Executive is investing in social challenges to help Brabant emerge from the crisis more strongly, first of all with a package of around € 3.3 million.
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10.00
The first edition of the Pontjesdagen is canceled. The event will be moved to next year. According to the organization, the corona crisis still creates too many uncertainties for the ferry days to continue on September 5 and 6. The ferry days are a combination of an active cycling and / or walking route on either side of about 90 kilometers of Maas. Central are the 13 ferries including the foot and bicycle ferries in the area from Woudrichem to Wijchen.
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8.30
It is the first time since the start of the corona crisis that it is a bit quieter on the environmental street in Vught, the municipality says.
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8.20
Restaurant chain La Place is closing a quarter of its stores due to the consequences of the corona crisis, writes the Telegraph. About 480 employees are therefore in uncertainty. La Place has been owned by Jumbo since 2016. This concerns a few highway branches, but also restaurants in shopping centers and inner cities. In Brabant, these are the locations in Bergen op Zoom, Oosterhout Arendshof and Breda Hazeldonk.
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7.40
Restorative care for people who have been seriously ill from the coronavirus must provisionally be reimbursed more widely from the basic insurance. The Zorginstituut Nederland advises this to Minister Tamara van Ark of Medical Care. These are people who have been on IC or who were very ill at home. According to the institute, these people should be reimbursed for physiotherapy or occupational therapy from the basic insurance for longer. This type of treatment often has a maximum.
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06.49
The corona crisis has not yet led to a striking peak in the number of pronounced bankruptcies.
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) With 1633, the number of cases declared bankrupt in the first half of this year was virtually the same as the 1628 companies that went bankrupt in the first half of 2019.
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05.30
Companies, manufacturers and the government have made full use of relaxed competition rules during the corona crisis. The ACM competition authority received dozens of reports and questions about cooperation that is illegal in a normal situation. ACM allowed mutual agreements under certain circumstances, for example to limit the damage to society from the crisis.
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For example, pharmacists and wholesalers of medicines were allowed to organize the coordination of the availability of medicines nationwide and to keep each other informed about the amount of medicines they sell. Normally, the cartel watchdog acts. Supermarkets were also allowed to temporarily inform each other about stocks.
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04.05
The lower turnover for almost all business sectors in the Netherlands will continue for at least another year. The drop in turnover continues to be particularly high in the catering industry, industry, automotive and parts of the retail sector. This is evident from an analysis published by Rabobank on Monday.
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03.40
Burglars seize the easing of the lockdown to get back on the road again. The number of burglaries is almost normal, according to new figures from the National Police. Insurers are also seeing an increase in the number of reports. That writes the AD. This development was predicted a few weeks ago.
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03.30
The presidents of the 25 security regions will meet again on Monday evening to discuss the corona measures and then take a few weeks’ rest. At the end of August, the mayors want to meet again to discuss the fight against corona.
How often they will come together after that depends on how the number of infections is and how people continue to follow the rules. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, the 25 mayors met weekly in the provincial house of Utrecht. They advised Minister Ferd Grapperhaus (Security) on the policy.
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03.30
Justice Minister Ferd Grapperhaus will meet with his Belgian colleague Pieter de Crem on Monday to coordinate the scaling-up of corona measures in the border regions. The countries want to be able to intervene quickly if there is too much pressure in these regions, if large groups of people would come to a certain event or shopping area.
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In addition to the ministers, the King’s Commissioners in Limburg and Zeeland and some chairmen and mayors of the security regions in Zeeland, Limburg and Brabant also participate in the consultations in Baarle Nassau. On behalf of the Belgians, three governors also join the consultation.
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01.12
Prime Minister Mark Rutte wants to speak to intensive care doctor Diederik Gommers about his statement that he felt pressured by the Ministry of Health. Rutte said this on Sunday evening in the talk show Op1.
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At the end of March, an official forced Gommers to promise that 1,600 beds would be available in intensive care that same week to accommodate the flow of corona patients. That said the IC doctor Saturday in the Volkskrant. Gommers could not promise that at all, but says he gave in under the pressure. Gommers’ commitment was important to ‘corona minister’ Hugo de Jonge, who could reassure the insistent House of Representatives.
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00.00
The Dolly Dots comeback tour will take a little longer. The five would pass through the country from September, but that will be a year later. “We figured out quite early on that it is not going to be a meter and a half and that it will not become a new normal,” says Angela Groothuizen on RTL Boulevard.
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“So we’ve put it off for a year. We hope it works. But whatever happens, we’re going to have a party,” she assures.
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23.30
People who have been fined for not complying with the corona regulations should not count on remission. There will be no general pardon for them, says Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
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In recent months, more than 15,000 fines have been issued to Dutch people who, for example, kept too little distance or gathered with too many people. One in five offenders object to this, and lawyers do not consider these protests to be a success. It was crucial that people adhered to the corona rules, Rutte underlined on Sunday evening the talk show Op1.
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