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The Government of the Netherlands ordered this Friday to advance the closure of non-essential stores at 6:00 p.m. and hotels, supermarkets and pharmacies at 8:00 p.m. to stop the cases of Covid-19, the day after the

highest figure was registered.

infections since the start of the pandemic, in March 2020.

"Restrictions are inevitable," Acting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told a news conference, saying "the virus is everywhere, in all ages and in all sectors."

The measures will take effect tomorrow, Saturday, will apply at least until December 4 and will imply that

people who go to bars, terraces and restaurants remain seated at all times.

Hairdressers, sex workers and massage therapists, as well as non-essential shops, will have to stop providing services after 6:00 p.m.

The closure of the hotel business at 8:00 p.m. is a government concession to the sector, since the authorities originally planned to bring forward the closure of bars and restaurants at 7:00 p.m.

These businesses may continue with the food delivery service

beyond 20:00.

In universities and training centers, the maximum number of students per classroom will be 75 people, a measure that will not have to be applied if it is an exam.

Likewise,

the Covid pass will be maintained

to access hospitality businesses, cinemas, theaters, swimming pools and gyms, as well as the use of masks in supermarkets, non-essential stores, public transport and official buildings.

Rutte called on companies to implement

teleworking

whenever possible and recommended that citizens

limit visits to four people

per home and restore the safety distance of one and a half meters in places where the covid pass is not requested. .

If someone tests positive, the quarantine will apply not only to the infected person, but also to the rest of the people who live with the affected person.

Sporting events will be played again behind closed doors for

the next three weeks, including all football league matches and the decisive qualifying match for the Qatar 2022 World Cup between the Netherlands and Norway, next Tuesday in Rotterdam.

Rutte

ruled out other tougher measures

requested by the outbreak management team, a group of experts that advises the government, such as closing cinemas and theaters and canceling mass events.

However, the Executive is studying asking Parliament to extend the Covid pass, currently necessary to enter the interior of bars, restaurants, swimming pools and gyms.

To obtain this pass in the Netherlands, at least one of these three requirements must be met: have the complete vaccination schedule, have recently passed the disease or show a negative test, a system known as 3G in countries such as Germany or Austria.

The government's intention is to go from 3G to 2G,

eliminating the option of presenting a negative test, thus

promoting vaccination, although Rutte said that it is studying making exceptions "with certain sectors."

The Executive will begin next week to apply

booster doses to those over 80 years of age,

health personnel and nursing home workers.

The Netherlands today registered

16,287 infections in the last 24 hours,

almost the same as last Thursday, when the highest number since the start of the pandemic was reached with 16,364 cases.

The incidence is 93.2 infections per 100,000 inhabitants.

"The pressure on the healthcare system is again extremely high,

" Rutte said, as "hip, knee and heart surgeries are being postponed again, sometimes for the second time."

The percentage of the population older than 12 years without the complete regimen represents 17.6% of the population, but

the unvaccinated occupied 56% of the beds in hospitals

destined for patients with Covid-19 last October.

This percentage rose to 70% in the case of Intensive Care Units (ICU), according to figures released by the Dutch Ministry of Health.

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