Hague: The Netherlands will enter the “Kuncian” during the Christmas period to try to stop the surge in the omicron Coronavirus variant, the Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Saturday.
All non-essential stores, restaurants, bars, cinemas, museums and theaters must be closed from Sunday to 14 January, while schools must be closed until at least January 9, Rutte said.
People are now only two guests at home, except for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, December 26 and the new year period when four guests are permitted.
“I stood here tonight in the Sombre’s mood,” Rutte told a press conference broadcast on television.
“In short in one sentence, the Netherlands will return to locking from tomorrow.” It cannot be avoided by the fifth wave and with omicron spread even faster than we fear.
We must take dominant precautions, “said Van Dies to a press conference.
Scientists warn that if the omicron effect is as strong as Delta, hospitalization can exceed them in the first wave of disease at the beginning of 2020.” We know that variants can surpass the built-up defense.
From previous infections or previous vaccination, especially if it was some time ago, “he said.
Rutte’s announcement came after an emergency cabinet meeting, and only four days after the government extended previous steps and announced that the school would start their holiday before.
The queue length was developed in Outside the shops on Saturday because people rushed to do last minute Christmas shopping as reports from new steps to appear.
“Too busy, but I will come BEFO.
RE Holidays Christmas to take prizes, it seems like a new kuncian will come, “Ayman Massori, 19, to AFP in Den Haag.
Rutte, who earlier this week reached a coalition agreement that would give him the fourth term as a Premier, recognizing the effect on the national mood during the celebration period “I can now hear the whole Dutch sigh.
It’s exactly one week before Christmas, another Christmas is completely different from what we want, “Rutte said.
But he insisted that” Omicron forced us to limit our number of contacts as soon as possible, and as much as possible, which is why the Dutch will be locked, ” he said.
The Dutch Covid restriction has led to a decrease in infection of 21 percent on Sunday from 7-14 December, according to official health authority data.
The Netherlands also recorded “a little decline” in hospital admission, but the authorities insisted that Omicron still “concerned”.
86 percent of all adults in the Netherlands have been vaccinated.
But the Dutch Booster campaign slowly to get off the land, and Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said all over the 18s will now get an invitation on January 7.
Dutch relaxed most of the distance steps Social in September, but in November the infection returned to record a level of more than 20,000 a day.
Culp Asan has been unpopular, with riots broken in Rotterdam, the Hague and other cities at the end of November.