Dutch government poised to bring back masks and broaden 'test for entry'
Dutch NewsFace masks are set to return and the ‘test for entry’ system will be extended to gyms, swimming pools and museums when the government announces new coronavirus restrictions on Tuesday, according to sources. The government will also urge people to revert to working from home 50% of the time, a month after social distancing was formally abolished and the work from home rule was eased, NOS’s sources said. More substantial interventions like reimposing the 1.5 metre social distancing rule and requiring people to show QR codes proving they have been vaccinated, tested negative or have natural immunity from a recent infection would require new laws to be passed by parliament. Health minister Hugo de Jonge told RTL Nieuws that new restrictions were inevitable because of the steep rise in hospital admissions in the last few weeks.