Dutch govt lifts most Covid-19 measures

Dutch Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport Ernst Kuipers on Tuesday announced a return to normal in the Netherlands by lifting most measures against the spread of Covid-19.

“The country will open again,” Kuipers told a press conference in the Hague. “The past two years have been all about protection against the virus and the accessibility of care. We are now in a different phase. Back to normal.

” Earlier on Tuesday, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) announced that from February 7 to 13, the number of people in the Netherlands who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 22 per cent compared to the week before.

A total of 482,695 positive tests were reported to the RIVM.

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