Rutte: Christmas will be spared with stricter measures | Inland

There is no loosening of the corona rules for the time being, Rutte announced on Tuesday. This means that people can receive a maximum of three people at Christmas. According to Rutte, stricter measures are not ruled out, because the contamination figures are rising. But he “sincerely hopes not.”

The cabinet will monitor the contamination figures “very closely in the coming days.” Rutte does not want to elaborate on the kind of measures that the Netherlands will face if the tide is not turned.

Opposition and coalition parties were critical in the debate about the enormous crowds in some shopping streets around Black Friday bargain day. Ministers Ferd Grapperhaus (Justice and Security) and Eric Wiebes (Economic Affairs) will be talking to entrepreneurs in the near future to prevent a repetition. But it is ultimately up to mayors to take measures against the crowds, according to Rutte.

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