Mayors cancel Carnaval season kick-off as coronavirus infections mount

The start of the Carnaval season in Limburg will not kick off with a grand event because of the new coronavirus requirements, local mayors have decided. The run-up to Carnaval proper next February starts on November 11 and some 17,000 people had been expected to attend the official launch in Roermond. ‘We have rising infections in northern and central Limburg and that is impacting the healthcare sector,’ Venlo mayor Antoin Scholten told local broadcaster 1Limburg. People working in healthcare had...