Not everyone is eligible for this round of injections in the autumn. These are people who, according to the RIVM, ‘are at a higher risk of becoming seriously ill from corona’.
The group of 4.8 million Dutch people consists of people over 60, people who are ill or have a lowered immune system, pregnant women, vulnerable people and healthcare workers with direct patient contact. But it is expected that not everyone will actually get a shot.
Ria Tilburg (72) lives in the Ameide residential care center in Helmond. She will definitely go for the repeat injection. “I take the shot as a precaution. I do everything possible to prevent myself from becoming ill. That is why I participate in all population surveys. I think that is important and we can be happy that this is done for prevention.”
As far as she knows, Ria has never been infected with the coronavirus. “My children and grandchildren are. They have all been vaccinated.” About people who do not get the shot, she says: “Everyone has to make that choice for themselves. But I look at it differently and don’t discuss it.”
Aukje Westerhof (77) from Groningen has been vaccinated twice. She has chosen not to be vaccinated anymore. “I got those first injections because we couldn’t do anything at the time. But then I got corona and was in bed for three weeks. So I no longer need an injection, which doesn’t help anyway.”
Ben van der Zeijst is a vaccinologist at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). According to him, the modified vaccine protects you eight times better than the previous vaccines. And it therefore makes sense to get the shot if you fall into the risk group. “But the added value is less great than with the first vaccines,” he adds. “Many people have already had more injections and are therefore well protected.”
Van der Zeijst therefore thinks that offering the corona vaccine will become ‘less urgent’. “The basic immunity is quite high. So this does not have to continue indefinitely. This year it will, but I wonder whether it will still be necessary next year.”
The RIVM figures on the number of infections are now less detailed than before. There are now far fewer test streets. It is therefore impossible to say exactly how many people are currently infected. However, RIVM can use virus particles in sewage water to see whether the number of infections is increasing or not.
New figures
The new figures were announced today. In the week from September 11 to 17, the number of virus particles in sewage water decreased slightly by 9 percent compared to the week before.
The daily number of hospital admissions of corona patients increased by 16 percent.
Vaccinations
In the Netherlands, 12,371,902 people have had their basic injection. These are people who have been vaccinated once with the Janssen vaccine, or two injections with BioNTech/Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Novavax), or two injections with different vaccines or who have had at least one injection and corona. There are 4,182,758 people who have had a repeat injection. These figures are current until Sunday, August 27, 2023 and come from the RIVM.
2023-09-20 14:24:48
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