Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
Large crowds in shopping center
Large crowds in shopping center - Credit: Banoart / DepositPhoto - License: DepositPhotos
Health
Business
Coronavirus
Christmas
shopping
social distancing
campaign
Hugo de Jonge
Ministry of Public Health Welfare and Sports
RIVM
Saturday, 12 December 2020 - 09:15
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

NL residents asked to shop responsibly in new TV campaign

From today, television advertisements will call upon Netherlands residents to shop responsibly and in adherence to the measures in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The new campaign, launched by the Dutch government, was set to debut on Saturday.

"For example, it again calls for shopping alone and as much as possible at quiet times," Minister Hugo de Jonge of Public Health said in a letter to parliament.

The number of coronavirus infections in the country is rising again. On Tuesday, public health institute RIVM spoke of an "alarming" increase in positive tests. The institute suspects that one of the causes behind the increase is crowded shopping streets around Black Friday and in the run-up to Sinterklaas, according to ANP.

With this new campaign, the government wants to prevent the same crowds occurring in the run-up to Christmas.

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Entrepreneurs worried that higher minimum wage will bankrupt businesses
  • Care farm ordered closed for physically, mentally abusing people with disabilities
  • More people under 30 applying for mortgages
  • Vattenfall to lower energy prices to below price cap for 700,000 customers in April
  • Dutch rescue team arrives in Turkey; Nearly €1.2 million raised for earthquake victims
  • Dutch population made more spending cuts in December than rest of EU

Top stories

  • Care farm ordered closed for physically, mentally abusing people with disabilities
  • Vattenfall to lower energy prices to below price cap for 700,000 customers in April
  • Dutch rescue team arrives in Turkey; Nearly €1.2 million raised for earthquake victims
  • Netherlands to send a search & rescue team to Turkey after 7.8 magnitude earthquake
  • Dutch employers becoming less critical during hiring process
  • Multiple writers receive threats after defending Pim Lammers, "Unacceptable": Dutch PM

© 2012-2023, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content