18/08/2020
Corona Update - From PM's Address tonight (18 Aug 2020)
* You can no longer organize home parties or drinks, but rent a catering room.
If you do receive people at home, a maximum of six guests applies." Children under 12 years of age excluded.
There is no maximum number of visitors for banquet halls, catering establishments or funeral halls, but these locations must comply with strict rules and more is enforced.
* People are advised to work from home as much as possible and even remain so after September 1
* The schools can start as usual, said Minister De Jonge. In schools, children do not have to keep their distance from each other
Young people do not have to keep their distance from each other, but they do have to keep their distance with the teacher. They do have to stay at home if they have complaints/COVID symptoms or if someone has complaints/COVID symptoms at home.
* The cabinet has accepted the OMT's advice to shorten the quarantine maintenance period from two weeks to 10 days.
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