AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Dutch authorities will drop its final remaining COVID-19 restrictions subsequent week regardless of a current rise in infections because the nation learns to reside with the coronavirus, officers mentioned Tuesday.
The Netherlands has already ended a nationwide lockdown and scrapped most virus measures. As of March 23, carrying a face masks on public transport will now not be compulsory. Masks will nonetheless must be worn on airplanes and behind safety screening at airports.
The federal government is also halting using a digital COVID-19 go to get into nightclubs and different large-scale occasions, the one place the place they have been nonetheless required.
“It’s potential and accountable to additional chill out” measures, nationwide broadcaster NOS quoted Well being Minister Ernst Kuipers as saying.
As a part of the most recent easing, individuals flying to the Netherlands from the European Union or the Schengen passport-free zone will now not must to point out a COVID-19 go on arrival.
Individuals are additionally studying…
New infections, which had been declining for weeks, started rising once more after the Dutch celebrated the annual carnival weekend early this month with massive avenue events in lots of cities and cities.
Greater than 21,600 individuals have died of COVID-19 within the Netherlands in the course of the pandemic, which started in March 2020. About 85% of individuals 12 and over are totally vaccinated and 62% of Dutch adults have had a booster shot.
Observe all AP tales on the pandemic at https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic
Copyright 2022 The Related Press. All rights reserved. This materials will not be printed, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed with out permission.