{"id":135220,"date":"2022-01-26T17:23:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T16:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=135220"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:05","slug":"more-restrictions-relaxed-some-relaxations-apply-to-students-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/01\/26\/more-restrictions-relaxed-some-relaxations-apply-to-students-too\/","title":{"rendered":"More restrictions relaxed \u2013 some relaxations apply to students, too"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Netherlands is slowly opening up, as the Dutch Cabinet has decided to relax all sorts of coronavirus-related restrictions. Starting from Wednesday, nearly all places will be allowed to reopen their doors and stay open until 10pm. Quarantine regulations for higher education students and staff have been eased, as well.<\/p>\n

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These were some of the decisions relayed by Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister for Public Health Ernst Kuipers at the press conference held on Tuesday evening. Rutte said the government was consciously pushing the boundaries. The infection rate is sky high and is now expected to rise even faster, the PM told the people.<\/p>\n

The Cabinet chose to uphold most of the recommendations issued by the Outbreak Management Team (OMT), which had been published before the press conference, and is actually more generous than the experts, who had recommended that pubs, restaurants and cultural institutions close at 8pm rather than 10pm<\/p>\n\n\t

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