Coronavirus/CoVid-19/Pandemic/Health
Coronavirus in The Netherlands — Update 27 April 2020
This is a new update about the Coronavirus in The Netherlands. I try to update you every day, but sometimes it is really busy at home, so then I will update you every two days with what I read online from the news sites in The Netherlands.
The new series of the Liberation journals from the Dutch broadcaster, NOS, had issues with the Coronavirus measurements. It will be the third episode in this series of the Libarations journals. The video recordings on location in Dachau was not possible as the camp Dachau is closed at the moment. Also, Plexiglas had to be placed in the tight control areas, says editor-in-chief Paul Vloon.
If human people don’t change their behavior than there will be another pandemic. That says zoologists and other scientists who are doing research to illnesses going from animal onto human beings. The British zoologist Peter Daszak thinks that we will more zoologists: “This is the era of the pandemic. It is driven by the fact that we travel and act more and more. A virus does not just jump from an Asian bat to me. There are more and more people and we are getting closer to the animal.
Dutch children can go back to school in Belgium from the 15th of May. Their journey to and from school has been labeled ‘essential travel’, reports Mayor Keulen van Lanaken, in Belgium west of Maastricht. “It is important for the schools that we try to simplify the access of those Dutch children,” says Mayor Cologne at the VRT. “That we will not bother them with documents, and that people can cross the border on the basis of a simple document.” According to him, this is also good news for the schools. “You would otherwise receive two-speed education, from Belgian children who are in the classroom, and then Dutch children from the same class who cannot be present. Then you will have irrevocable problems.”
On Kingsday, that was yesterday, the European Ministers debate about the consequences of the Coronavirus which means for tourism. As well as the Dutch State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Mona Keijzer.
The University of Utrecht is doing research on how sensitive cats are when they are with their health care bosses. The expectations are not that they will have the virus, but Minister Schouten doesn’t want any risks. Abroad this virus has been affected pets and they got the virus. Also, a few cats and ferrets have been deliberately infected in China. Yesterday it was announced that mink had the virus at two breeding farms in North Brabant, most likely from infected by caretakers. Minister Schouten also has an investigation conducted into whether pigs can become infected with the Coronavirus.
Yesterday, it was Kingsday to celebrate the birthday of King Willem-Alexander. Every year our King will go to a city to get introduced to their habits, traditions and what they do and so on. Also, there will be Kingsday festivals around the country. Yesterday, it was different. He and his family stayed at home. Everyone needed to stay at home. No yearly markets to sell your stuff. No yearly playgrounds around the borough. He held a speech at the beginning of the stay at home Kingsday. “It will be a unique King’s Day: at a distance and yet together”, said King Willem-Alexander in his short TV speech on the occasion of his birthday. He said he had looked forward to images of streets and squares full of partying people, but now urged everyone to stay at home: “Out of respect for all healthcare professionals who do not have time for King’s Day.”
Musicians of the Concertgebouworchestra initiated to play the national anthem of The Netherlands and video record it and share in online with the #Wilhelmus2020. A lot of people participated (me too) to share Kingsday together on a distance. At ten o’clock they started before King Willem-Alexander held his short TV speech. All the music was on the website of the Concertgebouworchestra.
Repatriation flight from Morocco has landed yesterday night on Schiphol from Casablanca. This plane landed around 00.30 hours. In this Repatriation flight, there were about 300 Dutch citizens. These people who are ill or need health care in The Netherlands. In Marocco, there are about 3000 Dutch citizens who were not able to get back to The Netherlands because of the Coronavirus crisis. These people have been for weeks. Morocco has a strict lock for Coronavirus. The government has been trying to get them back for weeks, but unsuccessfully. Foreign Minister Blok thanked the Moroccan authorities on Twitter for the cooperation. The Ministry is organizing more repatriation flights. Also in this Repatriation flight was Dutch singer Anouk, who surprised her partner in the middle of the night. Anouk is an asthma patient.
Minister De Jonge wants to do research with health care homes for elderly people. These homes may — under strict conditions — allow visitors from the 11th of May. The decision will be made on the 6th of May. The visit must come by appointment and can take place in separate rooms. An important condition for a nursing home to participate in the trial is that the number of infections at the location has remained limited. De Jonge also plans to limit the visit to an informal caregiver or contact person per nursing home resident.
The government is working on an emergency law to give the measures against the spread of the Coronavirus a more solid constitutional basis. In a few weeks, this law needs to replace the emergency regulations in which the rules are now put down. The new law should put an end to what, according to lawyers, “unsustainable”, “dictatorial” and “undemocratic” emergency ordinances. The measures included therein, such as the prohibition of group formation without keeping a distance of 1,5 meters, affect the constitutionally secured freedom of association, religion, and education. And that the police enter too full houses violates the right to privacy. Those rights are enshrined in the Constitution. It is only authorized to dispute this if it has been placed down by law. This is not the case with emergency regulations. The new law should controls this better so that civil rights can be (momentarily) limited. The law must also guarantee better democratic assistance. Commands cannot be discussed and decided by politicians. Then you can with the emergency law, which is expected to apply until September 30.
Always check the (latest) facts with your country.
The numbers and stories are from yesterday or earlier this day. I haven’t seen new numbers so far, when there will be new numbers, rules and interesting situations here in The Netherlands, I will inform you.
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Agnes Laurens is a writer. She writes for the local newspaper. Agnes lives in Bunnik, The Netherlands, with her husband and three daughters. Writing is — aside from playing the violin — one of her passions since childhood. She is on Twitter and Instagram.
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