The Dutch government is to reintroduce tougher Covid-19 social restrictions to curb the fastest rate of new infections since July, a move that comes in the wake of new measures being introduced in Belgium.
Mask-wearing will be obligatory in public spaces such as shops and Covid passes, including vaccine certificates, will be required to enter museums and other public spaces under new measures announced by the Netherlands’ caretaker government on Tuesday evening. The restrictions will come into effect from November 6.
The country has been forced to act as new recorded cases and hospitalisation rates have surged since the lifting of most social restrictions in September.