Next Week Elementary Schools In The Netherlands Open

JAKARTA - Primary schools, aka SD in the Netherlands, will reopen starting February 8. This was the announcement by the central government on Sunday, January 31, in easing its inaugural COVID-19 restrictions for several months.

All non-essential schools and shops in the Netherlands have been closed since mid-December 2020, following the closure of bars and restaurants two months earlier in an effort to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic.

A curfew was also imposed last week, when a more contagious mutation of the coronavirus was seen in the Netherlands.

Dutch Education Minister Arie Slob said that evidence of transmission of the disease through children was still limited. Making it possible to reopen primary schools and child care centers starting next week. Kta Arie Slob was reported by Reuters from Antara.

The number of new COVID-19 infections in the Netherlands fell to around 3,700 on Sunday, January 31, the lowest level in three months.