It is currently unprecedentedly quiet in the intensive care units of Dutch hospitals. While the ICUs were flooded during the COVID-19 crisis, there are presently more staff than work for them to do, various intensive care experts told De Volkskrant.
The pseudo-scientific policy of herd immunity coupled with the impact of three decades of austerity has devastated the Dutch public health care system.
Curfew and home visit rules to be eased as hospitals ask staff to cancel holidays
Shops are expected to get the green light to reopen. Photo: DutchNews.nl
With coronavirus infections running at an average of 7,700 a day and intensive care occupancy at its highest level for almost a year, the Dutch government is widely expected to relax its coronavirus restrictions at a press conference on Tuesday.
Health minister Hugo de Jonge would not confirm on Monday whether changes to the rules are in the pipeline, but sources cited in several media outlets said restrictions on social mixing would be eased.