In
Germany,
"treatment capacities are decreasing" and intensive care units have severe staffing problems. This was stated by the president of Rki Lothar Wieler at a press conference in Berlin. According to the latest daily report by Rki, the number of beds occupied in intensive care is 19,562, while those free are just 2,478. The case of Bavaria is particularly serious: according to a survey by the Bayerische Rundfunk 36 out of 66 Bavarian health districts complain of fewer staff available than last spring. The people who work in tracing the infections compared to last spring are a fifth less, while the situation in the Land is much worse than six months ago.
In the
Netherlands,
the police used a water cannon to disperse demonstrators in The Hague who were throwing stones and fireworks to protest a new partial lockdown, announced by the government to thwart the resumption of the spread of Covid, reports a journalist from the 'Afp.
About 200 protesters clashed with riot police and mounted officers outside the Ministry of Justice, where Premier Mark Rutte was holding a press conference to announce the new health restrictions.