Corona hotspot Netherlands: Experts fear "tsunami" - government decides "partial lockdown"

The Netherlands are adopting drastic tightening.

The government announced a "partial lockdown" on Tuesday evening due to the rapidly increasing infection rate.

• Shortly before a

  second corona lockdown *?

  The

  Netherlands

  faces another new challenge.

• Corona crisis catches up with the Netherlands: Stricter

  measures

  throughout the EU state.

• Experts fear a

  “patient tsunami”.

Update of 14 October, 16:57:

In the

due to the spread of is

the

at risk.

In

,

and

,

hospital

already had to be temporarily

.

This was announced by

, head of the network Acute medical care, on Wednesday the Parliament in The Hague.

Emergency rooms had to close for several hours and bring ambulance patients to other hospitals or cities because all

were and

were available.

The number of

in hospitals and intensive care units in the

continues to increase.

Despite the tightened

the hospitals expect that by

in the best case, 40 percent of regular care will have to be cut.

In the worst case, if the measures do not work, you can expect a reduction of 75 percent.

"Then

only first aid

remains in addition to

" said

.

He reported that the

was compared to the first wave

.

Numerous treatments and operations have already been canceled.

Corona in the Netherlands: "We are among the three worst affected countries in Europe"

First report from October 14th:

Holland - The Netherlands is

: "We are among the

, and it is

Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced on Monday evening.

Due to the

the government tightened the

on Tuesday evening

The numbers are

Almost 44,000 new infections in the last seven days * and that for a country of only 17 million people.

This was registered by the Reich Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) on Tuesday evening (October 13).

For comparison: in the previous week it was

less.

So the trend is rising.

The corona situation in Germany is similar.

The number of new infections shot to over 5,000.

Corona in the Netherlands: An enormous number of new infections lead to tightened measures

The

Infection numbers *

rise, the government

The Dutch 

on Tuesday evening

: pubs, cafes and restaurants have to close.

The sale of alcohol is prohibited from 8 p.m. and the citizens of the Netherlands

In addition, they are only allowed to receive a maximum of three guests per day in their private apartments and houses.

In addition, the mask requirement is then no longer a recommendation, but

.

This applies to all public spaces, shops, museums or libraries.

Rutte appeals to the Dutch citizens in the broadcast press conference: "

us all. Be realistic Dutch and

Holland reacts with "partial lockdown" to corona spread: expert suspects "patient tsunami"

Due to the new record numbers *,

a

in The Hague.

The situation is

in almost all regions

, according to Rutte.

According to

Amsterdam and Rotterdam

are currently worst affected

.

But concerns are not only growing in the government: a “patient tsunami” is expected to hit the Netherlands in the next few months, as a

quoted

the chairman of the

.

Due to his

in this area and the current dimensions of the pandemic, his prognosis does not even sound unlikely.

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