Karin1984
DIS Veteran
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- Feb 5, 2012
Well, Belgium also declared the Netherlands as unsafe (as in 'Orange'-stage, yes, you can travel, but quarantining afterwards). This comes after that we in NL told our people not to go to Antwerp. Most fun in this whole situation is the city of 'Baarle Nassau', you should really look it up. This is a very strange city in the South of NL, due to some strange history part of the city is Dutch, part of the city is Belgium. This can be one street Dutch, crossing street Belgium, or even down to houses in the same street having different nationalities. It can happen that one side of the Restaurant is Belgian and has to close earlier due to their laws, and you have to crossover to the Dutch side of the restaurant. Which now of course is an insane situation as Belgium has a curfew, no people on the streets between 23:00 and 6:00. Belgium has masks, NL doesn't.
Yesterday we had another press conference about yes/no for masks. We are not going to get a mandate for the entire country, but mayors and local leaders are allowed to mandate it for their region. I think this is a good decision as in the North and East the figures are incredibly low. The hot spots in the West and South are something else, different circumstances require different measures.
They said that most infections happen A. at home within families (and you cannot regulate what happens in someone's private home), and B. among the tweens.
This morning there was an article in the newspaper about the people working at Customs at Amsterdam Airport and about the people they have send back since the beginning of the crisis. About 300 people were send back, mostly Americans. And when asked why they ignore the rules, apparently people answer with 'because we are American'. If all goes well, most people who are send back are on a plane within the next three hours.
Yesterday we had another press conference about yes/no for masks. We are not going to get a mandate for the entire country, but mayors and local leaders are allowed to mandate it for their region. I think this is a good decision as in the North and East the figures are incredibly low. The hot spots in the West and South are something else, different circumstances require different measures.
They said that most infections happen A. at home within families (and you cannot regulate what happens in someone's private home), and B. among the tweens.
This morning there was an article in the newspaper about the people working at Customs at Amsterdam Airport and about the people they have send back since the beginning of the crisis. About 300 people were send back, mostly Americans. And when asked why they ignore the rules, apparently people answer with 'because we are American'. If all goes well, most people who are send back are on a plane within the next three hours.