The Netherlands returns to normal 25 February

Dutch Health Minister Ernst Kippers announced that his country will lift most of the Corona restrictions as of February 25, so that life can return to normal, in light of the decrease in the number of injuries and cases requiring hospitalization.

And the Minister of Health said in a press conference, “We will reopen the country again .. We will return to the closing dates that were followed before Corona, and you will no longer have to take into account leaving a distance of 1.5 meters between one person and another anymore,” adding: “Putting masks will be mandatory on public transport.” At the airport only. Distancing and wearing masks is still logical, but it is not mandatory."

He stressed that the epidemic is "not over" and the most vulnerable still need to be vigilant.

With this decision, restaurants and nightclubs will return to the old (pre-pandemic) working hours, and the mandatory social distancing and the wearing of masks will be abolished in most places.

The Dutch government imposed measures that were among the most severe in Europe in December, after the number of infections with the "Omicron" mutant rose, but it began to gradually lift them.

The Netherlands witnessed two waves of riots in 2021 against the backdrop of Covid restrictions.

In November, police shot and wounded several protesters in Rotterdam.

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