The number of registered infections is also rising sharply. Until 10:00 this morning, 6350 new positive tests were reported to RIVM. That is 655 more than yesterday. This means that the average of the past seven days is 48 percent higher than that of the week before.
Rapid action
Yesterday the hospitals moved already ringing about the increasing pressure on healthcare. In the newspaper Trouw, administrators urged rapid measures to limit the influx. The evaluation of the corona measures is now scheduled for November 5.
“Everything must be done in The Hague to ensure that hospitals get through the winter without overload,” said chairman Wim van Harten of the Rijnstate hospital in Arnhem. Ernst Kuipers of the National Network Acute Care alluded to local lockdowns in areas where there are many infections with a low vaccination rate.
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