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The Netherlands: Government ends three-month long curfew despite surge in new Covid cases
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Caretaker government eases selected restrictions against advice of its expert panel
The three-month long coronavirus overnight curfew, which led to rioting, challenges in the courts and emergency legislation, finally ended in the Netherlands at 4.30am on Wednesday – despite unremitting pressure on hospitals and an erratic vaccination programme.
Yet another 2 per cent rise in new cases in the week to Tuesday underlined the fragility of a situation in which crowds had to be broken up by police in Amsterdam and other large cities celebrating the annual King’s Day bank holiday on Tuesday, just hours before the final 10pm curfew took effect.
The crowds in central Amsterdam. Photo: DutchNews.nl
The police took action to end impromptu King’s Day parties in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Breda and Haarlem on Tuesday afternoon, after thousands of youngsters gathered in parks and city centres in the spring sunshine.
In Amsterdam, some 50 people were arrested and riot police were brought in to restore order in Amsterdam’s Jordaan district. ‘It was as if coronavirus did not exist,’ the council warden union BOA Bond said.
Earlier in the day, officials had closed parks in the capital and various other cities, as youngsters carrying coolboxes of beer and snacks poured in. Amsterdam’s canals were packed with pleasure boats, while huge groups of partying youngsters danced on the bridges.
Average coronavirus infections in last week passes 8,000 a day
Piles of chairs from a cafe terrace in Amsterdam. Photo: DutchNews.nl
More than 8,000 new coronavirus infections were reported for the fifth day in a row by the public health agency RIVM on Monday, raising the weekly average to its highest level in almost six weeks.
The number of patients in hospital with Covid-19 increased by 105 to 1,872 while six more patients are in intensive care than on Sunday, bringing the number to 503.
The latest daily figure for infections was 8,496, more than 1,400 lower than Monday but 20% higher than last Monday and means that on average 8,242 cases have been reported in the last week.