Mayor Femke Halsema has ‘serious concerns’ about the increasing number of corona infections, particularly among young people in the city, but she does not yet want to speak of a crisis situation.
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She says that today in an interview with AT5. According to her, some people in Amsterdam have ‘actually forgotten’ the corona virus. She does not want to speculate about what should happen if a crisis situation arises.
‘Then the control will again lie with the State, with the cabinet,’ says Halsema. “I think that is very important. Because we as cities must not be able to vary too much from each other and we must also know where we stand. So if things get more serious, I assume that the Cabinet will take measures in consultation with us. ”
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‘If it gets more serious, I assume that the Cabinet will take measures in consultation with us’
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Where Amsterdam does deviate from almost all other municipalities, is that since today a mouth mask is mandatory in busy areas like the Kalverstraat. Fines have not yet been issued today.
“We will eventually be fined,” says Halsema, who also wore a face mask because she was in the Kalverstraat. “Fines are not the goal, the goal is behavioral change. We hope that people will pay more attention to each other. That means we will support people, talk to them and warn them. Only if they really intentionally refuse, a fine will follow. ‘
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In the Albert Cuyp market, entrepreneurs have meanwhile expressed themselves through a joint statement against the facemask obligation. “Nobody likes this, I don’t like this either. But we just look for ways and ways to prevent us from getting back into one lockdown come, ‘said Halsema.
She is confident that it will be all right. ‘As a city and country, we are going through an incredibly difficult period. Especially the people who are socially vulnerable. And our entrepreneurs suffer a lot from it. We cannot accurately predict the economic and social future of our city, but we do know that we are facing a difficult period. But we’ll get on top of it. Amsterdam has always shown that. ”
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