De Jonge: No Tunnel Vision in the Cabinet During the Corona Pandemic
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Former Minister of Health Hugo de Jonge also stood his ground in his second hearing before the parliamentary committee on coronavirus inquiry: the virus...
Photo: Former Minister De Jonge (Video still House of Representatives of the States General CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)Former Minister Hugo de Jonge concluded his hearing before the parliamentary committee on coronavirus inquiry with a remark that caused many a spectator to raise their eyebrows. …
THE HAGUE (ANP) - Former Health Minister Hugo de Jonge also believes that communication during the coronavirus pandemic regarding the dilemmas the cabinet had to choose between could have been better. Earlier on Thursday, former SCP Director Kim Putters said the same. "We should have done that more intensively and more," De Jonge said...
The cabinet did not have tunnel vision during the corona pandemic, said then-Minister of Health Hugo de Jonge. According to him, there were sufficient moments for reflection and all cabinet members could always have their say, he told the corona commission.
The public hearings of the parliamentary inquiry committee continue on Thursday. Hugo de Jonge, then Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, and Kim Putters, director of the Social and Cultural Planning Office (SCP) during the coronavirus period, will have to answer for their actions.
Former Minister of Health Hugo de Jonge also believes that communication during the coronavirus pandemic regarding the dilemmas the cabinet had to choose between could have been better. Earlier on Thursday, former SCP Director Kim Putters said the same. "We should have done that more intensively and more," De Jonge said during his questioning by the parliamentary committee on coronavirus inquiry.
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