This Sunday we will also keep you informed of the latest developments in the field of the corona crisis in Brabant and beyond.
10.37 – ‘More virus variants will emerge’
In the coming period, more variants of the corona virus will appear that we should keep an eye on. This is what doctor and microbiologist Marc Bonten said in WNL on Zondag on NPO 1. According to Bonten, the variant is ‘more contagious, but not more deadly’. It would also make people sick more quickly. He is surprised, not so much that the new virus was found, it was a matter of time, but that the health authorities in Britain are so firm about it.
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10.21 – Eindhoven Airport cancels four flights
Eindhoven Airport is also not aware of the entry ban imposed by the Netherlands for flights from the United Kingdom. “About four flights have been canceled from now through January 1,” said an airport spokesman.
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09.03 – Brussels Airport: no flights from the United Kingdom diverted
Brussels Airport has not yet noticed any consequences of the entry ban imposed by the Netherlands for flights from the United Kingdom. According to a spokeswoman for Belgium’s main airport in Zaventem, no flights have yet been diverted. It is possible that passengers who had the Netherlands as their destination divert to the Belgian airport. It is still open to air traffic from the UK.
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08.00 – ‘Virus truth teams up with American lobby club’
The Virus Truth activist group and some doctors who wrote a letter of fire against the corona law in July are working closely with the John Birch Society, an American lobby club, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to spread misinformation about the corona vaccine. Journalists from the Pointer research platform, the Authentic Journalism Platform and De Groene Amsterdammer have come to this conclusion. Pointer devotes her Sunday broadcast to this research.
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07.31 – Many flights from London canceled after cabinet flying ban
The Schiphol and KLM sites show that many flights have been canceled that would arrive from London on Sunday. The coronavirus mutation discovered in the United Kingdom also appears to have been identified in the Netherlands. To prevent further spread of the new variant, the cabinet has imposed a ban on air traffic with passengers from the United Kingdom. That went into effect at six o’clock on Sunday morning.
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06.14 – Extra parliamentary debate about corona variant
PVV leader Geert Wilders wants an extra parliamentary debate next week about the new variant of the corona virus that is circulating in the United Kingdom and probably also discovered in the Netherlands. Wilders has asked the other group chairmen in the House of Representatives to support his proposal, he reports on Twitter. The PVV leader can in any case count on the support of Member of Parliament Henk Krol.
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01.14 – British virus variant also in the Netherlands, cabinet imposes a flight ban
The coronavirus mutation discovered in the United Kingdom has probably also been identified in the Netherlands. To prevent further spread of the new variant, the government has imposed a ban on air traffic with passengers from the United Kingdom. That started at six o’clock on Sunday morning and is valid until at least January 1.
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