Dutch Prime Minister has tightened the restrictions implemented in mid-November, imposing the closure of restaurants and businesses not essential at 5 pm. Belgium, more affected, opted for less stringent measures.
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A few hours apart, the Belgian and Dutch prime ministers announced, on Friday, November 26, new measures to stem a disturbing wave of contaminations by CIVID-19: November 25, 20,836 new daily cases were registered In the Belgian kingdom, 22 184 at his neighbor. Absolute records since the beginning of the pandemic.
More struck proportionally (it has 11.5 million inhabitants, for 17.4 in the Netherlands), Belgium has adopted less stringent measures than those unveiled in the evening in The Hague by the Prime Minister Dutch , Mark Rutte. If the Netherlands do not come back to a strict and widespread confinement, they will impose, from Sunday, a form of curfew: bars, restaurants and non-essential shops will have to close their doors from 17 hours to 5 hours from the morning. Supermarkets, medical practices, gas stations will be able to stay open three more hours.
In Belgium, it is a limit to 23 hours that is fixed, from Saturday. The discos will keep, they, closed doors, while sports competitions inside will take place without a public. The Belgian authorities have not reimized “bubbles”, a maximum number of people gathered in a home, and expect “reasonable” behavior of citizens. In the Netherlands, on the other hand, four people from the same family, to the maximum, may be received, and it is strongly advised to make a self-test in advance.
WIND OF REVOLTED
According to Mr. Rutte, 20% should be reduced, over the next three weeks, contacts between persons: the distance, the mandatory port of the mask, the strengthening of teleworking, the limitation of the Occupancy of public places to a third of their capacity should, hopes the head of government, help. As the lack of contacts between children and people over 70 years old.
Belgium, it adds to its panoply an acceleration of vaccination, with a third inoculated dose before the end of the year to a maximum of people. It also intends to develop the fast and free test policy.
The priority, in both countries, was to keep the schools open, even if the situation is sometimes very difficult. “The consequences of a closure would have been too important for young people,” said Rutte, who put on a testing development in institutions, as well as on the wearing of the mask for children, including the youngest. Belgium should announce a battle plan for schools on Monday.
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