Coronavirus/CoVid-19/Pandemic/Health
Coronavirus In The Netherlands — Update 7 May 2020
Here is another update from the Coronavirus crisis in The Netherlands.
Mayor of Rotterdam — Ahmed Aboutaleb — says he thinks the message of the Prime Minister is ‘weak’. That is why he wants to place in one’s disposal for every traveller on collective bases. This is what he says to Radio Rijnmond. Earlier the measurements must be based on the advice of the RIVM. Now the measurements are politically motivated. “On the one hand, I want the Dutch, all entrepreneurs, children who go to school and people in public transport to maximum relaxation. At the same time, it is a bit between hope and fear.”
The government will give an extra transitional arrangement credit for small companies who are in trouble of the Coronavirus crisis. The loans will be given by the banks and the government will guarantee for 95 per cent. That will be 713 million Euros for small companies. Minister Wiebes and State Secretary Keijzer expect a lot of small companies will profit from this loan.
The head of the IC at the Amsterdam UMC — Armand Girbes — is very concerned about the numbers of people of the IC’s. “I am very worried. The load on the ICs is still high. Patients have been in the ICU for a long time, on average three weeks. That means you get full very quickly. I hold my heart. I cannot predict the effect of these relaxations. But we are more likely to have patients in the hospital, and more likely to be in the ICU. As a citizen, I understand that there are more things than CoVid-19 care. But if you as a government decision to throw the matter open, I hope that people understand that care must have people and resources.”
‘Unite the medical with the human’, said Minister De Jonge about the visits to nursing homes. Minister De Jonge told that in the parliamentary debate about the nursing homes visits. “The medical must be united with humanity.”, He said. Next Monday starts the experiment with relaxing the visits to nursing homes at 25 locations. Later there will be more nursing homes who could relax the visit relaxations. The nursing homes must be Corona free for 14 days. When there will be another infection in a nursing home, the nursing is going on the lock again. That is the ways it goes until there is a vaccine.
People who want to make their own mouth masks could make it from cotton. That advices the ministry. That is said after — during the press conference from the 6th of May was told to wear mouth masks when you’re travelling by public transport. What do you need to know if you sew your own mouth masks? In this video, they’ll explain how you do that.
There is an obscure about spreading the Coronavirus during sporting in sports schools and swimming pools, Prime Minister Mark Rutte wants to keep the reopening for sports schools on the 1st of September. Some of the parliamentary parties asked in a parliamentary debate if the sports schools can’t reopen sooner. But the cabinet wants to think about it when there is more clarity about the infection risks. On the question of the parliamentary debate of CDA parliamentary leader Heerma why indoor swimming pools can reopen on the 11th of May, the Prime Minister had an answer: “Chlorine inhibits the spread of the virus, so the risk of spreading in indoor pools is less than in gyms.” Prime Minister Mark Rutte also fulfilled a wish from the parliamentary: reopening the terraces. This is planned to reopen from the 1st of June. As it is Whit Monday then, they will think about moving the to the last days of May or the 2nd of June as some of the parliament members are afraid the terraces will bee too busy and the measurements could not keep them up. “You are promised that we will have a talk with the sector. It may be May 30 or 31, or it may also be June 2, so after Whit. Anyway, that is not the wish.”, Said Prime Minister.
PVV parliamentary leader Geert Wilders says Prime Minster Rutte turns around his own words from the press conference: “I can’t help feeling that Minister Rutte is cycling back. What happened? We have a prime minister turning his own words.” Wilders says that people don’t know what they have to do now. They don’t know it anymore. Rutte said in the press conference: “We’re going to do that on 1st of June if that is possible. Balance beam and a profit warning. That’s what I said yesterday.” And he also adds: “At this moment it is estimated that it is possible, otherwise we will not say it. But if the numbers get worse, it can be delayed.” Still, Wilders thinks the signal of Rutte is totally different than during the press conference.
Jesse Klaver, parliamentary leader for GroenLinks, asks Prime Minister Rutte during the corona debate in the House of Representatives: “What is the government going to do? What is the target? Can there be a figure? For example, so many infections per 100,000 inhabitants.” Rutte says you can’t just point out numbers and it is about variables such as infections in a diverse range of groups and the capacity of the hospitals. You can't just say on forehand what the target per variable could be: “That is a too complex material.”
The Prime Minister says that we only can relax the measurements if the numbers say so one week before: “We do not choose to open the business on June 1. We will only do it if it appears a week in advance that it can be done responsibly.” He also says that the Outbreak Management Team (OMT) advices if the relaxed measurements can take place, only if the numbers of the infections and the IC-patients tells us. Rutte adds: “If we can’t, we have to do it later. We don’t take unnecessary risks.”
Schools got a protocol on which measurements they have to keep up when there will be physical lessons. The question is how they are going to do that.
Minister De Jonge says it is difficult to organise an event with the 1,5-meter distance between people.
Mouth masks will be obligated on ferries in the province North-Holland. Also on ferries in Amsterdam and Noordzeekanaal in IJmuiden, Buitenhuizen en Hembrug.
There will be an investigation about how the government handles the Coronavirus crisis. That will be done by The Dutch Safety Board. According to the government, this is the organisation who should do this investigation.
The second flight with Dutch passengers, who stranded in Morocco, arrived on Wednesday at Schiphol. In this flight, there were again 300 passengers who had some health issues and had to leave Morocco. There are still 2400 people in Morocco who want to go home.
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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