Nieuwe Kamer debates corona policy | Inland

PVV leader Wilders is critical. “The terraces can be opened as usual. To ensure that we do not get more, but less infections. ” According to Wilders, that is better than full parks. VVD MP Hermans is reticent. “It must be safe. Open terraces does not mean that the parks will be empty. ” The liberal says he understands that there is no relaxation now. “Fatigue should not be a reason not to persevere, but it is tough.”

Wilders states ‘that we have been fooled by the cabinet’. “The Netherlands pays the price for the total imcompetence of Rutte and De Jonge. We could have had more freedom for a long time. ” The PVV leader wants to focus on putting a single shot, in order to be able to reopen society more quickly. “I want all those nonsense rules to be lifted now, that can also be done responsibly.”

D66 Member of Parliament Paternotte says that ‘he is in the right place with 2500 corona patients in the hospital’. He only wants to relax when it is safe to do so. “Cancel curfew and open terraces at the forefront.” There are mainly concerns about vaccination. D66 wants 60-year-olds to be able to choose whether they receive the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Rutte and De Jonge announced on Tuesday that it is hardly possible to relax at the moment. The cabinet will not let go of corona measures until the peak of the third wave has passed. They could not say exactly when that will be during their press conference, but they are aiming for April 28.

After that, society must reopen in steps. Rutte and De Jonge hope to give the green light next week to open the terraces and shops and to cancel the curfew. Then the number of new corona patients in the hospitals must drop for a few days in a row.

Normally, the debate took place directly the day after the press conference, so now there is a day in between. On Thursday morning, MPs were already updated by RIVM boss Van Dissel. According to him, the pressure on hospitals from coronana patients seems to be leveling off. Currently there are 1715 corona patients in the nursing wards of the hospitals and 784 in the ic. The number of new admissions per day is decreasing.

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