The Netherlands requires a negative corona test for travelers from China from Tuesday
Furthermore, it is urgently advised to wear a medical face mask on board flights to and from China and more testing is being done on the sewage water at Schiphol. China is experiencing a major corona outbreak.
Kuipers had asked the Senate to come back from recess so that the senate could urgently deal with a law that would allow the minister to take certain measures. But the Senate unanimously thought that Kuipers was under pressure on the senate and that a subsequent consideration of the law cannot be discussed. Kuipers writes in a letter to the House of Representatives that he will now, also on behalf of Minister of Justice Dilan Yesilgöz, ask the Kennemerland security region questions about the measures to be taken. storage is already provided for in the law. Schiphol Airport is located in the security region.
Kuipers had asked the Outbreak Management Team (OMT) and the Social Impact Team (MIT) for advice before coming up with the focus. According to the OMT, it is good that measures in Europe are aligned. However, there would now be no additional threat to the Netherlands, because the population still has a lot of built-up immunity against the omikron variant of the virus. According to research, most Chinese corona patients are infected with omikron. The MIT thinks that the social impact will be limited, because the measure has no effect on freight transport. The number of travelers from China is also limited.
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