Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
Nursing home
Nursing home - Credit: photographee.eu / DepositPhotos - License: DepositPhotos
Health
nursing homes
Covid-19
Coronavirus
corona measures
OMT
Hugo de Jonge
Mark Rutte
press conference
Ferdinand Grapperhaus
Saturday, 6 March 2021 - 12:00
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Covid restrictions in nursing homes may be relaxed on Monday: Report

The cabinet may announce as early as Monday that several corona measures in nursing homes will no longer apply or become more flexible. That is what Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said on Friday. The Outbreak Management Team (OMT) is examining the issue whether relaxation in nursing homes is already possible, now that most people there have received an injection against the coronavirus.

An interim version of the OMT advice has already leaked via the national broadcaster NOS. The experts would recommend that nursing home residents should receive two visitors a day instead of just one. They would also spend less time in quarantine after contact with a positive person.

The official advice from the OMT will follow, and the cabinet will make a decision on that basis on Monday. On that day, there will also be another corona press conference by De Jonge and Prime Minister Mark Rutte. “We certainly want to offer the relief of measures for nursing homes,” says De Jonge. But the cabinet wants to do that 'very carefully'.

"We have to realize that even in nursing homes there are a number of people who have not been vaccinated," says the healthcare minister. "We also have to realize that the protection is never 100 percent." That is why not all measures will simply be dropped from the table at once. "That will go step by step," emphasizes De Jonge. The cabinet will always ask the OMT for advice for each step.

Meanwhile, Minister Ferdinand Grapperhaus of Justice and Security said residents should not expect any further relaxations any time soon. This came following the news that the number of weekly deaths in the Netherlands last week was lower than expected for the first time in six months.

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Drought uncovering 10,000-year-old tree stumps in Friesland lake
  • Video: American truck dealership torched in Brabant; Extinction Rebellion denounces act
  • Three Dutch universities in top 100 world ranking; Leiden drops to top 150
  • MH17 court ruling set for 17 Nov. as Russia reportedly detains MH17 defendant
  • Another passenger arrested for sharing pic of crashed plane, this time at Schiphol
  • Orientation periods start at many Dutch universities

Top stories

  • Young homeless people often can't find room in shelters
  • Netherlands lagging behind in purchase of coronavirus pill
  • Asylum seekers clash in Ter Apel; "A nasty situation," State Secretary says
  • Officially warmest August 14 since measurements began
  • NS on track for record year of delays, malfunctions; Plans underway for faster Airport Sprinter
  • Dutch publisher to reprint Rushdie's 'Satanic Verses'

© 2012-2022, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content