Corona hotspot Netherlands: New record numbers, "partial lockdown" - the king is on vacation

The Dutch government announced a "partial lockdown" due to the high number of infections.

Meanwhile, the king is on vacation and is criticized for it.

• 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 from October 16, 8:35 p.m.:

The Dutch

caused displeasure in his home country

with a

to

despite the tightened

.

MPs called on Prime Minister

on

Friday

to

comment on

the king and his family's flight to their holiday home in the

.

The peninsula is not yet considered an area with an increased

.

The king's trip on Friday had been announced by reporters.

Corona in the Netherlands: King is on vacation in Greece - "unreasonable and incomprehensible"

"If the king is on vacation now, that's really the wrong signal," said the group leader of the

Green-Links party, 

, according to the Dutch news agency

.

from the

D66 called the trip "

".

In view of his

as head of state, the 53-year-old should have followed the

call

to stay "in one's own environment" as much as possible.

MEPs from other parties made similar statements. 

Stricter corona protective measures

have just been ordered

in the

.

Among other things, pubs and restaurants have to close for four weeks.

On Friday, the authorities reported that almost

had been registered

since Thursday morning

- a new record.

The

minister and deputy head of government

 was surprised at his weekly press conference by the news about the vacation trip of the royal family, reported the public broadcaster

.

He then stated that recommendations to combat the

would apply to everyone, including the

.

Corona in the Netherlands: Federal government classifies the whole country as a risk area

Update from October 15, 8:04 p.m.:

On Thursday, the federal government

classified

the whole of the

as a

area.

It had previously been announced that the Netherlands wanted to bring corona patients to Germany again.

, the head of the Acute Medical Care Network, said he expected the first patients to be relocated on Friday or Saturday.

German clinics

had already admitted numerous patients from the neighboring country in the spring because there were initially not enough places in

there.

In

alone

, hospitals had made

for Dutch

the

beginning of April

.

Even before

announcement

, it had become clear that health care in the

is at risk

due to the spread of the

.

Corona in the Netherlands: emergency rooms have to close temporarily

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 ambulances had to take patients to other hospitals or cities because all

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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