Table 1.
Most important Dutch COVID-19 measures March 9th until June 1 st 2020 (Rottinghuis, 2020).
| 09 March 2020 | 12 March 2020 | 15 March 2020 | 11 May 2020 | 01 June 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaking hands and hugging no longer allowed. | Everyone (with the exception of people working in vital professional services) has to work from home and stay home as much as possible. | Schools and childcare centers are closed (except for children of parents working in essential services). | Elementary schools are opened again. | People can meet each other if they keep 1,5 m distance. |
| All events with over 100 participants are prohibited. | Restaurants, bars, sports clubs, sauna’s, sex clubs and coffeeshops are closed. It is still possible to order from takeaway restaurants or bars. | Everyone can exercise outside. Sport competitions and the use of shared bathrooms are still prohibited. | In all public accessible buildings up to 30 people are allowed to enter (for example, restaurants, bars, museums, theatres and cinemas) | |
| Everyone with symptoms (fever, coughing or a cold) has to stay home. | Social-distancing measures start. Everyone should keep 1.5 m distance from people from other households. | Professions working in so called contact professions can start working again with adequate measures. | For everyone above the age of 13, the use of a face mask in public transportation is mandatory. | |
| Contact with older adults, physically vulnerable people and people with intellectual disabilities living in institutions is to be avoided. |