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Three-week lockdown extension planned in the Netherlands

The hard lockdown which was supposed to expire in a little over a week will be extended by 21 days, broadcaster NOS reported based on interviews with anonymous government sources. More meetings wil be held over the next two days with a final decision to be announced on Tuesday evening during a press conference with Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Health Minister Hugo de Jonge.

The policy decision was debated on Sunday at the Catshuis, the Prime Minister's official residence. The meeting at the Catshuis included Rutte, members of his Cabinet, and advisers from the Outbreak Management Team. This included Jaap van Dissel, the Director of public health agency RIVM. This week prominent intensive care expert Ernst Kuipers and Amsterdam UMC virologist Menno de Jong called for a lockdown extension.

The current version of the lockdown in the Netherlands was initially deliberated on December 12, when the country was averaging 7,656 new coronavirus infections…

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