Netherlands announces night curfew as COVID-19 cases increase

Dutch MPs have tonight supported government plans for a nighttime curfew amid fears over the result of new COVID variants. The limitation, set to come into force on Saturday, will run from 9 pm to 4.30 am.

Medical authorities have urged the government of the Netherlands that the more contagious COVID-19 variants are so serious that extra restrictions are needed, according to the Prime Minister, Mark Rutte.

But some opposition lawmakers have angrily denounced it as an excessive restriction of liberties.

Geert Wilders, leader of the largest opposition party, pushed the proposed curfew saying Rutte was making the public "bleed for his own failure" to control the spread of the virus.

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Rutte's proposal will see the Netherlands become a "police state," Tunahan Kuzu from the Think party said.

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Other MPs wanted the government to focus on coronavirus lockdown areas that were previously in a place like a guideline for people to work from home.

The comments, which were made at a political debate, were in line with mounting anger towards restrictions against the virus that has claimed the lives of over 13,000 people in the Netherlands.

The government is in office in a guardian mode after its members resigned amid a child welfare benefits scandal. Hence, it had to secure the green light from the manhood of lawmakers to introduce the curfew.

Parliament supported the curfew on the requirement that it would start at 9 pm and not 8.30 pm as the government initially wanted. The Netherlands will now join France, Belgium, Italy, Greece, and some areas of Germany in starting the nighttime restrictions.