Netherlands give urgent advice to wear masks in public indoor spaces

The government advises the whole of the Netherlands to wear a mask in shops and other indoor spaces accessible to the public from now on. Prime Minister Rutte said that in a corona debate in the House of Representatives.

'Urgent mask advice applies from now on'

The cabinet thus responds to the wishes of a large Parliamentary majority. Almost all the speakers said that there is now too much confusion and ambiguity and that there are too many differences between regions.

Updated on October 01, 2020.

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