The flag can (almost) be raised: ‘Primary schools will open again on 8 February’

The cabinet is awaiting advice from the Outbreak Management Team before taking the final decision. This report is expected this weekend. “But at the same time, you also have to consider what further damage will occur, and one of the things that I am very concerned about is the effect this has on young children,” Hoekstra says.

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Pay toll

Prime Minister Rutte shares these concerns: he said at his weekly press conference that the closure of primary schools “hurts the most”. And that people are paying an “unbelievably heavy toll” because of the corona measures. “But the main reason that the schools are not yet open is that we do not yet know how quickly the new variant will spread among children. The OMT will issue an advice on this in the coming days,” adds Corona Minister De Jonge.

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