COVID: DUTCH AUTHORITIES IMPOSE A PARTIAL LOCKDOWN TO COBAT AN OUTBREAK OF INFECTIONS

  • 12/11/2021

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has announced Western Europe's first partial Covid lockdown of the winter, with restrictions on shops, sports, and catering for three weeks.

He explained that the inconvenient, drastic move was made in response to rising intensive care cases and record infections.

In The Hague, police used water cannons to disperse hundreds of protesters.

Much of Europe is experiencing an increase in cases, which has been attributed in part to low vaccine uptake in several countries. 

This weekend, Austria is expected to support a lockdown for unvaccinated people.

According to Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein, restrictions will be imposed first in the two provinces of Upper Austria and Salzburg on Monday.

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