new corona variants in the Netherlands for years to come
News Nov 6, 2021
Last update 10:28
We will continue to suffer from the coronavirus for years. That’s what Jaap van Dissel says in a conversation with the NOS. New corona variants will continue to appear in the Netherlands, he expects. According to the RIVM director, this is partly due to the fact that many travelers visit the Netherlands. “The Netherlands is a kind of hub in Europe, with our ports and airports. That’s where a whole bunch of people come together.”
While Hugo de Jonge has a new lockdown Friday don’t exclude wildly, Van Dissel does not expect that we will all be at home again. “We think and hope it doesn’t.”
Whether new measures should be taken on Friday to curb the epidemic, according to Van Dissel, depends on the behavior of the Dutch. The RIVM holds a survey for a week to determine the population’s rules and better compliance. The institute is also looking at mobility: the hope is that people will work from home again and meet less often.
The question of many people is not reasoning exactly details: because it seems that new measures are coming on Friday, now is the time to even meet soon. Compare it with the mouth cap obligation that will be described again from Saturday: few people have traveled in the supermarket in recent days.
Van Dissel is nice: “I think the seriousness is clear to everyone. You hope people pick it up and don’t think: it’s not mandatory so I’m not doing it.”