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PROTESTERS who clashed with police over the weekend in the Netherlands after a new curfew was imposed to contain the spread of Covid-19.
This is not the first time anti-lockdown Protesters take to the streets. This weekend, however, the protests intensified with 250 arrested, a Covid-19 test center set on fire and companies looted.
Let’s take a look at what is currently happening with Covid-19 in the Netherlands.
Anti-lockdown protesters took to the streets in several Dutch cities on Saturday and Sunday.
A curfew from 9:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. came late Saturday and is expected to last until at least February 10th. Anyone who finds a violation will be fined € 95.
The protests were condemned by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who called them “criminal violence”.
After the incident, around 250 people were killed arrested by the police. According to local media, police used water cannons and tear gas in demonstrations in Amsterdam, Eindhoven and other cities yesterday.
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Hundreds gathered on Sunday to oppose the curfew. The protests degenerated into clashes with the police and looting in cities across the country.
The police used a water cannon and dogs to fight the protesters in Amsterdam, reported the public television NOS.
In the southern City of Eindhoven police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of several hundred people, regional television Omroep Brabant reported. According to the police, at least 30 people were arrested there.
According to media reports, several vehicles were burned and shops at Eindhoven Central Station were looted.
A Covid-19 test center was opened on Saturday evening in the village of Urk in the north of the Netherlands set on fire.
This picture, taken from a video, shows a Covid-19 testing center after it was set on fire in Urk on Saturday.
Source: Pro News via AP
He also condemned the « idiots » who pelted a hospital in the city of Enschede with stones.
The mayor of Eindhoven, John Jorritsma, compared the situation to the « civil war » and demanded the dispatch of the army.
In Denmark, two men were arrested on Saturday evening for burning a portrait of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in an anti-restriction protest while thousands marched against virus measures in the Spanish capital, Madrid.
Similar protests against Covid-19 restrictions took place in the summer. Euronews reported in June that protesters in The Hague demonstrated against the government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis.
On January 17, thousands of people gathered for an unauthorized protest in Amsterdam against the national lockdown, according to Reuters .
In total, almost 950,000 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in the country and more than 13,500 deaths.
In a seven-day period from January 13-19, the Netherlands reported 38,776 new virus infections and 608 deaths.
The Netherlands has been among the toughest measures since the pandemic began. Bars and restaurants closed in October, schools and non-essential shops have been closed since December.
The Dutch parliament approved the nightly curfew last week after insisting that, despite criticism from some legislators, it would be half an hour later than originally planned to begin.
At the start of the pandemic, the Netherlands was reluctant to impose strict Covid-19 restrictions similar to those in most of Europe.
For much of the past year, a « smart lockdown » was in place. endorsed, which was more relaxed than in other countries.
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But it was hit hard by the second and third waves of the disease and has implemented these measures that are almost as harsh as those in neighboring Germany and Belgium.
For example, the country is just beginning to wear masks Introduced in all public buildings, educational establishments, public transport and contact professions on December last year.
At the end of September it was « strongly recommended » that people aged 13 and over should wear non-medical face covers in indoor areas such as shops, restaurants, gas stations and contact professions .
The Netherlands was also the last country in the European Union to give its first Covid-19 vaccine. A nursing home worker was the first to receive the push on Jan. 6.
Rutte said he was « really disappointed » with the slow rollout. The prime minister and his entire cabinet resigned on January 15 to take political responsibility for a scandal that included investigations into child welfare benefits that falsely identified thousands of parents as fraudsters.
The government is currently Caretaker until the elections on March 17th.
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