This is the first western European lockdown of this wave of covid-19
The Dutch government announced a three-week partial lockdown that will include:
- Closing bars, restaurants and supermarkets at 8 pm
- Playing sports matches in empty stadiums
- Urging people to work from home
- Stores selling non-essential items closing at 6 pm
About 72% of all the population of the Netherlands is fully vaccinated.
Earlier today, Austria's government said it was likely to initiate a lockdown for unvaccinated people.
This chart shows where case counts have been accelerating in the past two weeks:
Everyone is absolutely done with covid but the virus might have other ideas.
There are two things to notice on this chart: Germany cases are at a record and US cases are plateauing at a high level. Both aren't good. Around 1200 people in the US are dying daily from covid.
