Dutch Parliament Backs COVID-19 Test Pass - Reports
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published May 12, 2021 | 08:27 PM
The Dutch parliament voted on Wednesday in favor of a bill that will formalize the use of coronavirus tests to help ease the lockdown, after seeing a drop in new cases, media said
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 12th May, 2021) The Dutch parliament voted on Wednesday in favor of a bill that will formalize the use of coronavirus tests to help ease the lockdown, after seeing a drop in new cases, media said.
The legislation will include a three-month sunset clause but can be extended if the number of coronavirus cases resurges or a new mutation enters the Netherlands, the Dutch news website says.
The lawmakers also backed a compulsory quarantine for unvaccinated people from high-risk zones but rejected unanimously the cabinet's proposal to charge 7.
5 Euros ($9.1) for tests at certain events.
Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on Sunday that his government might give big festivals in Belgium a go-ahead in the second half of this summer, conditional on testing and vaccination.
National governments across the European Union have been working on digital passes for coronavirus-free people in an effort to speed up reopening and allow traveling ahead of the summer holidays.
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