When the delta variant of the virus was dominant, 2G policies would have worked even better than current 3G policies, the researchers write. Now that the omicron variant is the most common, it is no longer common. Corona tickets alone are currently not enough to prevent an increasing number of infections, the researchers have calculated. Testing everyone, also known as 1G, works better. But there are all sorts of practical objections to this.
Minister of Health Ernst Kuipers has sent the findings of the researchers to the House of Representatives. In an accompanying letter, he does not say whether this means that the cabinet will abandon 2G. He only forwards it “so that you can take the results with you”, can be read in that letter to parliament.
The research was conducted by TU Delft, UMC Utrecht, Populytics, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Erasmus MC. Kuipers has said before that the findings would become important for the assessment that ultimately has to be made by the House of Representatives. The cabinet and the House will “conduct the conversation on that basis,” he said at the press conference on Friday.