Last Wednesday, the House of Representatives debated about the introduction of a quarantine obligation. A majority do not like a quarantine obligation for people who come forward in a source and contact investigation, combined with criminalization in the event of a violation.
Minister Hugo de Jonge therefore has to abandon the duty for the time being and ‘will come back to how the measures are introduced’.
Still sensible
Prime Minister Rutte still calls the quarantine obligation for someone who has been in direct contact with an infected person sensible. Rutte said during his weekly press conference that he is very concerned about the advance of the corona virus.
“We see the virus quickly emerging. In Amsterdam and Rotterdam we are really on the rise. And you can also see it rising in The Hague and other places. want is a new lockdown. ‘
The number of corona patients in the Netherlands has increased by 636 today. That is more than yesterday, when 577 cases were added.
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Sometimes things go wrong
The Prime Minister does not see the debate on Wednesday in which the House was critical of the mandatory quarantine as a mistake by Minister De Jonge. “We do not have a parliamentary majority yet. That is part of the profession of politician. That is why we are going to ask the Outbreak Management Team for advice.”
The Prime Minister stressed that things like this happen in a crisis like this. “We are in an impossible situation because of the virus. Sometimes things go wrong, which is not inevitable in a crisis. We will experience that more often.”
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