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The hospitality industry, museums and cinemas have all said they do not see a future in the government’s plans to open up society by using negative coronavirus tests.
MPs will debate the cabinet’s plans on Thursday afternoon, but the organisations say that requiring people have a negative test to sit at a pavement café or visit an exhibition is a step too far for many.
Pilot events in April also showed that there is widespread reluctance to have a test before an outing. Some 60,000 of the 200,000 tickets for the ‘test voor toegang’ events went unsold, broadcaster NOS reported at the weekend, and the Efteling cancelled its participation because of the poor turnout. Just 16,000 people bought a museum ticket, but there were 37,000 available.
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The foundation running a programme of ‘coronavirus-free events’ in the Netherlands is involved in a major conflict about costs with the company running the testing side of the operation, the Financieele Dagblad reported at the weekend.
The dispute follows widespread criticism at the cost of the ‘testen voor toegang’ programme, which has a budget of €1.1bn up to August.
The paper says the foundation SON is refusing to pay the €35m bill for setting up and organizing the test centres – based on an agreed fee of €30 per person, excluding the actual test itself.
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