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6:19 pm Understanding the travel industry
The travel industry organization ANVR understands the government’s extension of the negative travel advice due to the corona pandemic. On the other hand, there must be more prospect of travel options in the May and summer holidays, says ANVR chairman Frank Oostdam.
Sources close to the cabinet said on Sunday that the negative travel advice for abroad will be extended until April 15. “We understand the decision given the state of affairs in the corona pandemic in the Netherlands,” says Oostdam. “But we do hope that something will be said on Monday about making travel booking possible again. The travel industry needs perspective. ”
Oostdam hopes that a ‘semi-normal summer holiday’ can be celebrated. “When the contamination peak is over again, people should be able to enjoy summer holidays in a normal way.”
15.56 Austria investigates batch of AstraZeneca vaccines after incident
Austria has suspended vaccinations with a batch of AstraZeneca’s corona vaccines as a precaution after one woman died and another became ill.
A 49-year-old woman died of severe blood clotting disorders and a 35-year-old woman developed a pulmonary embolism but is recovering, authorities said. A pulmonary embolism is an acute lung disease caused by a dislodged blood clot. “At present there is no evidence of a causal link with the vaccination,” said the health authority.
Austrian media reported that the women are both nurses at the Zwettl clinic in Lower Austria. Authorities say blood clots are not among the known side effects of the vaccine and are investigating the incident to rule out any possible link. “As a precautionary measure, the remaining stocks of the affected vaccine batch are no longer issued or vaccinated,” added the health authority.
An AstraZeneca spokesperson said that “there have been no confirmed serious adverse events related to the vaccine” and that all batches are subject to strict and rigorous quality controls.
Trials and field experience to date have shown the vaccine to be safe, effective and approved for use in more than 50 countries, the spokesman said. AstraZeneca also said it is in contact with the Austrian authorities and will fully support the investigation.
12.09 ‘No lockdown next winter, thanks to vaccines’
No curfew. No lockdown. Restaurants and shops fully open. If all goes well, next winter will look very different from previous months, expects Anke Huckriede, professor of vaccinology at the University of Groningen. “I don’t know if we will go back to shaking hands and kissing, but it will be pretty normal again by autumn, I am somewhat optimistic about that. I hope that by then we will get rid of the restrictions, ”said Huckriede. And that’s thanks to the corona vaccines.
The Netherlands will probably soon have access to a fourth vaccine, a drug from its own country. The European regulator for vaccines and medicines, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), will issue an opinion on the candidate vaccine from the Janssen company in Leiden this Thursday. Huckriede expects the drug to receive a positive judgment from the EMA, after which the European Commission will approve the vaccine.
The Netherlands has ordered more than 11 million doses of the Janssen vaccine. One shot is enough, so almost every adult Dutch person can be vaccinated from that stock. In addition, the government expects more than 60 million doses from other manufacturers before the end of the year. “Any vaccine helps to restore the pre-pandemic condition. It is great that we will soon have a good vaccine with Janssen’s drug. It helps to vaccinate many people in the Netherlands and other parts of the world faster. ”
However, the corona virus will not disappear, Huckriede emphasizes. It will stay among us and will emerge from time to time. “We cannot prevent all infections, you cannot reduce it to zero. The virus will continue to haunt, but there will be fewer infections and they will be less serious. The number of deaths will decrease and the transmission to others will decrease. ” Huckriede makes one big blow to the arm. Viruses mutate, which may lead to a variant that vaccines do not work well against. But for now, the vaccines seem to protect well. In the Netherlands and other countries, the number of deaths has been decreasing since the vaccinations started.
11.23 German politician leaves after lucrative face mask deal
The Christian Democratic parliamentarian Nikolas Löbel leaves German politics after it became known that he had received 250,000 euros through his company from advice and mediation in the trade in face masks. His company has received a commission for the conclusion of contracts between a supplier of mouth masks in Baden-Württemberg and two customers in Heidelberg and Mannheim.
Löbel, according to German media, admits that he has made mistakes and immediately withdraws from a commission of the Bundestag (Foreign Affairs). He will leave the German parliament in August and will not be eligible for re-election in the Bundestag elections to be held a month later.
09.48 Red pencil can be taken home
As one of the measures to prevent the spread of the corona virus, many municipalities give each voter a red pencil separately. The pencils are not chained in the voting booth this time.
In some municipalities, voters are allowed to take the pencil home. In other polling stations, people can hand in the pencil in a separate container in the polling station. Collected pencils are recycled or, after cleaning, reused in a subsequent election.
There are also municipalities that have found a new destination for the pencils. The municipality of Rotterdam wants to collect 90,000 voting pencils for an artwork about low literacy.
Bruynzeel, which supplies many red pencils, has seen sales increase by about 300 percent compared to previous election years.
In Limburg, many pencils come from office supplies company Timmermans. According to De Limburger, the company in Roermond supplies nearly 800,000 red pencils to many, largely Limburg, municipalities.
07.14 Israel opens cafes, but only with vaccine
The Israeli government announced a series of eases on Saturday evening, including the reopening of cafes and restaurants. They may open their doors again on Sunday, but only under certain conditions, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet.
The late admission means that many restaurateurs will not be ready in time to open. In addition, thousands of catering establishments have also closed permanently in recent months due to the corona pandemic.
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From Sunday, only customers with a so-called green passport (proof that they have been cured or vaccinated against Covid-19) are allowed inside the café or restaurant. People who have not yet received a vaccine will only be allowed on the terrace. Tables must be at least two meters apart.
Students who have been vaccinated can return to university from Sunday. The rest can only follow online lessons for the time being.
07.00 Germany comes up with figures
The 2.5 millionth corona infection was determined this weekend in Germany. In the past 24 hours, however, fewer new infections with the corona virus have been detected than on the day before. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the German equivalent of the RIVM, reported 8,103 new cases on Sunday.
On Saturday, the German health institute reported 9,557 infections, while on Friday more than 10,500 new infections were registered. The coronavirus has now been diagnosed in 2,500,182 residents of Germany since the start of the pandemic.
Another 96 people died in Germany in the past twenty-four hours as a result of a corona infection. That was 204 fewer than the day before. Covid-19 has so far killed at least 71,900 Germans.
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