Anti-public health regulation group Viruswaanzin has lost a court case to force the government to scrap the coronavirus restrictions, including the 1.5 metre social distancing rule. The group, whose name means ‘virus madness’, argued that the rules were excessive given the low death rate from Covid-19 and questioned the government’s official death toll. Group leader Jeroen Pols told the court …
The anti-lockdown group Viruswaanzin is set to go ahead with a planned demonstration on the Malieveld in The Hague on Sunday despite the protest having been banned by the municipality, the group's leader Willem Engel has asserted. While the demonstration itself was largely peaceful, with many largely ignoring social distancing rules, there were incidents of rioting in The Hague following …
Six more people have been admitted to hospital and another three have died, taking the Dutch total corona death toll to 6,103, according to public health institute the RIVM. However, the infection rate has now fallen dramatically, leading prime minister Mark Rutte to announce a new round of relaxation in the rules earlier this week. The infection rate is now …
