Dutch ease tough COVID curbs, but bars stay shut

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The Netherlands will relax some of the toughest Covid restrictions in Europe after hospitalisations dropped despite a surge in Omicron variant cases, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Friday.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands —

But bars, restaurants, cafes and cultural locations will however remain closed until at least January 25, Rutte told the first press conference since a new government was sworn in earlier this week. The number of hospital patients dropped to its lowest level in more than two months on Friday, at 1,289, with 335 in intensive care, Dutch media said.

“What we do now, very simply, is look at the intensity and duration of the contact — and of course that is different for shops than for the catering industry, in a theatre or in a hall,” Rutte said.

 

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