Sign language interpreter Irma Sluis is sorry that her cough in her hand during the press conference has led to so many reactions on social media. She told RTL Boulevard that the coughing in her fist instead of her elbow went “unconsciously”.
49-year-old Irma explains what exactly happened. “I had a stab in the throat and it was quite nervous. It was also the speed that went with it. Although I did not do it consciously, but otherwise you are also four sentences behind Mark Rutte in terms of speed.”
“I find it very unfortunate that there is so much response to it today”, she told the entertainment section. “It can just happen and that is of course annoying.” The sign language interpreter hopes that everyone will have forgotten the incident “by tomorrow.”
Fortunately, the cough does not mean that Irma has to be quarantined. “I’m not sick. My son and everyone in our family recently had a cold. I had a corona test and it was negative.”
