On Monday morning, outgoing health minister Hugo de Jonge (CDA) will discuss “the issues and dilemmas” surrounding the fight against corona with the forming parties. That’s what he told the informants when he arrived. According to De Jonge, the virus will “will affect us again next winter”.
In the conversation with informants and assistants of the forming parties, De Jonge mainly wants to look at the long term. For example, the future government’s ‘pandemic preparedness’ is a topic of discussion, according to De Jonge ‘also important for future crises’. He emphasizes the importance of learning lessons from the fight against corona, because these are “relevant” for the forming parties.
This afternoon, De Jonge will consult with other ministers about the current corona situation. In anticipation of that conversation, he already expressed his concerns about the increasing number of corona infections, which he says is “rising faster than expected”. De Jonge did not want to discuss whether the reintroduction of certain measures is on the table, but said he would come up with an explanation after the corona consultation.
With the cooperation of Romy ten Velde
This article is also part of our live blog: De Jonge speaks with informants about combating corona under the future cabinet
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