Mayor Halsema did not want to anticipate possible new, stricter, corona measures tonight. “Those are extreme steps that you would rather not take,” said Halsema tonight AT5, “but then the number of infections must decrease.”
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Yesterday, the chairman of the Twente Security Region argued for a total lockdown. In the Conversation with the Mayor Halsema did not want to say whether stricter measures are needed here too. ‘I really can’t judge that at the moment. We need to see this weekend’s numbers first. Amsterdam is still growing, but we are seeing that the speed of growth is slowing down. ‘
The number of corona infections is in Amsterdam still high, the drop of 40 percent so desired by the mayor seems far from in sight. She hopes that this weekend will see a change, so that additional measures are not necessary. ‘At a certain point you have to reduce people’s social contacts even further, but of course we would prefer not to.’
According to her, any tightening of the rules will be national measures, which will then be announced by the cabinet.
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Halsema visited several hospitals in the city this week and spoke with the medical staff there. ‘They work very hard. It’s tight. People in the wards and the emergency room can just handle it, but it will be difficult. ‘
The mayor sees that ‘corona fatigue’ occurs among some Amsterdammers. ‘People have trouble sticking to it because they long for their old life. But the less you stick to it now, the longer it will take you to have that old life back. ‘
Watch the entire Conversation with the Mayor below:
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