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In this live blog, we kept you informed on Monday about all the news about the corona crisis in Brabant and beyond.
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- 797 new infections on Monday, of which 86 in Brabant.
- Especially in and around The Hague, the number of corona infections has been increasing rapidly in the last few days.
- Two mink farms have again been infected with the corona virus, the counter is now at fifty.
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22.30
This live blog is closed.
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21.10
Foreign Affairs has tightened travel advice for the Greek islands from yellow to orange. The advice applies from tomorrow morning. According to the ministry, the number of people infected with the virus during their holiday on one of the Greek islands has risen sharply.
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“Are you planning to travel to or are you going to a Greek island? Keep in mind that the advice for that island will turn orange. That means only necessary travel is recommended,” the ministry said. People returning from an orange area must be in home quarantine for ten days.
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19.50
The travel advice for the province of Antwerp has been changed from code orange (only necessary trips) to code yellow (safety risks). In the city of Antwerp, the risk of corona infections is still very high. That is why the color code orange will be maintained for the nine districts in the city of Antwerp, according to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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17.53
The corona crisis is dealt a lot of blow to the flower sector focused on weddings. Florists specialized in wedding decoration will lose more than half of their turnover on average this year, according to research by wedding platform ThePerfectWedding.nl.
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17.10
Also in Haren there will be a line through all upcoming carnival activities. That reports DTV News. Cv de Knorrepotten calls it irresponsible to celebrate carnival in these times of corona. Haren is the first village in the Oss region to take this decision.
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15.15
The number of corona infections rose by 797 on Monday. This is evident from the figures of the corona dashboard. In our province, 86 new infections have been reported. On Sunday, the corona dashboard reported an increase of 925 infections in the Netherlands, of which 97 in our province.
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13.15
For the time being, no additional measures will be taken in The Hague to prevent the spread of the corona virus. The municipality appeals to people’s own responsibility, says a spokesman for Mayor Jan van Zanen.
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12.58
The well-known Dickens Festival in Deventer is also canceled this year due to the measures against the corona virus. The organization thinks that ‘with hundreds of characters, extras and artists and also choirs and many visitors from home and abroad’ it is not feasible to organize the festival within the corona guidelines.
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The Dickens Festival attracts between 125,000 and 150,000 visitors annually. It was to be held on December 19 and 20.
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12.57
The participants in the Tour de France are anxiously waiting for the results of the corona test that they have undergone. All riders and staff members of the 22 teams were tested for the corona virus on Sunday and Monday, on the first rest day in the Tour. The Tour organization ASO will announce the results on Tuesday morning.
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12.20
Medium and small companies are investing less in sustainable energy due to the corona crisis. This emerges from research by MKB-Nederland among more than 150 entrepreneurs. Before the corona crisis, almost two-thirds of SMEs had the plan to invest in the next twelve months in making energy generation and consumption more sustainable.
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A large majority of this group now indicates that they will invest less or no more later.
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11.48
The third crisis support package is good news for the travel industry. But according to umbrella organization ANVR, it will be insufficient to guide many entrepreneurs in the sector through the crisis. The ANVR has therefore sent a letter to members of the Lower House. They talk about the tourism sector on Wednesday.
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The ANVR specifically draws attention to the differences that countries use with their travel advice. This should be addressed in a European context. The ANVR also advocates the creation of a so-called voucher bank.
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11.07
More and more Dutch people who cough or have other complaints that could indicate the corona virus, are being tested. However, the willingness to stay at home with complaints is small, according to behavioral research by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and GGD-GHOR.
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The poll of 60,000 people, which is periodically repeated, shows that 32 percent of the respondents who suffer from complaints have had themselves tested for corona. That is almost double the previous poll, which was conducted in July.
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10.50
A fund must be set up that compensates employers for the continued payment of salary to employees who are preventively quarantined at home because they may be infected with the corona virus. Chairman Jacco Vonhof of MKB-Nederland has submitted a proposal for this to Minister Koolmees of Social Affairs and Employment. He said this in the TV program Goedemorgen Nederland.
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10.45
The GGD Zaanstreek-Waterland has lost 132 corona tests, reports NH News. These are tests that were taken on Thursday morning at the test street in Purmerend. “It is a very unpleasant incident,” said a spokesman for the GGD.
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The tests have not yet been found, the GGD confirms. To the question of how this could have happened, the spokesperson has yet to answer the question. “But we’re going to get to the bottom of that.” Victims have now been informed and have been asked to have themselves tested again.
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10.40 infected mink farms: counter is at fifty
Again are two mink companies infected with the coronavirus. This brings the total number of infected mink farms to fifty, according to the Ministry of Health. The new infections have been established at companies in Deurne and Wilbertoord.
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Both companies have approximately 3,000 parent animals. The animals will be killed as soon as possible to avoid spreading the virus. In total, there are now 39 mink farms in Brabant that are infected. Outside of Brabant there are still eleven mink farms where the virus was found.
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10.00
The Tokyo Olympics will continue next year anyway, even if the corona virus is still circulating around the world. That is the firm belief of John Coates, Vice President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
“The Games are going on, with or without a covid. They will start on July 23 next year,” Coates said in a telephone interview with the French news agency AFP.
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8.40
The banks of rivers in our country have become more seriously polluted with plastic waste in recent months than they already were. Clean Rivers, an organization that investigates and cleans up plastic, warns against this. Clean Rivers has been told by various municipalities that pollution has increased further during the corona crisis.
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More people than usual have gone out into nature in their own country. It was also busier along the rivers than in previous years.
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07.35 The Hague new corona fire
The corona virus is spreading again, and especially in and around The Hague, the number of infections has increased rapidly in the last few days. The Haaglanden safety region now has more infections than Rotterdam-Rijnmond and rivals Amsterdam-Amstelland.
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In the six days from Monday morning to Sunday morning, the number of infections in the Netherlands rose by 4,086, which is considerably more than in the same period a week earlier.
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7.31
India has overtaken Brazil and is now in second place worldwide in the number of corona infections. 4.2 million cases of illness have been registered in the country. The United States is the leader and has 6.25 million infections. However, many experts say that India is not testing enough people and the actual numbers could be much higher.
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6.03
The number of vacancies is rising again. Almost all occupational groups show improved figures compared to last month, says job site Indeed. The number of vacancies in the hospitality industry is now at minus 49 percent compared to last year, where it was still minus 70 percent in June. The number of vacancies is still falling in the construction and installation sector.
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Most demand is for salespeople, carers and cleaners. The profession of baker tops the list of positions with the largest increase in vacancies, followed by delivery and weekend help. It is striking that five of the ten positions in the list of top risers are occupations in the retail sector.
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5.35
All employees of the Belgian radio station Studio Brussel go into quarantine and have to undergo a corona test after two of them have tested positive for the lung virus. Due to the measures, almost exclusively non-stop music can be heard on the music channel throughout the week. Two employees will continue to make programs from home in the morning (6 am-9am) and in the afternoon (4 pm-7pm).
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5.12
Schools fear frigid classes if the ventilation systems are not in order in about a month. This is evident from a tour of De Telegraaf. In the classroom the windows are obliged to open because of corona, just after the summer vacation, with a warm sun and temperatures above twenty degrees, it was still feasible. But with the R in the month it gradually gets colder again and so the concern about the autumn and winter months grows in the schools. Because as long as the ventilation systems are not working, the windows must be open.
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