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Hospitals will operate in the evenings and weekends to eliminate the waiting lists, the AD reports. They also try to plan the same interventions in succession as much as possible to save time. “In this way we can help 1 to 2 patients extra per day,” says a spokesperson for the Nij Smellinghe hospital in Drachten.

Many hospitals do not start to catch up on care until after the summer holidays. Figures from the Dutch Healthcare Authority (NZa) show that there were an estimated 320,000 fewer operations between March 2020 and May 2021. But most hospitals say they first give their staff a rest before they start clearing the backlog, according to the newspaper. tour.

However, plans are ready to accelerate from September. Waiting lists have arisen in particular for orthopedics, ENT, gynaecology, urology and plastic surgery. Because this care can be planned, it was the first to disappear from the surgery schedule.

06.30 – Number of corona cases is rising again, but less explosively

The number of new corona cases continues to rise, but the increase is not as explosive as last week. In the past week, about 70,000 to 75,000 people have probably tested positive.

That is about 40 percent more than the week before. Nearly 52,000 new cases were registered then, which was six times the number the week before.

The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) will provide the exact weekly figure on Tuesday. Nearly 63,000 people have tested positive in the past six days. There were more than 11,000 positive tests on three of those six days, and more than 10,000 on two other days. The last time there were more than 10,000 new cases for five consecutive days was in December, seven months ago.

The average is a little slower. Minister Hugo de Jonge (Public Health) said on Monday that the number of positive tests is stabilizing.

The vast majority of people who test positive are still teenagers and in their twenties, but they are also showing the first signs of a decline.

In the weekly update, RIVM also reports how many corona patients have been admitted to hospitals in the past week. That number is likely to be around 300. Last week, the institute reported that 60 people had been hospitalized, 12 of whom were in intensive care. The number of deaths remains more or less the same. Last week, RIVM reported 13 deaths, and now there will be 10 to 15.

06.15 – Festival organizer ID&T around the table with cabinet

Festival organizer ID&T will meet with the cabinet on Tuesday. In the conversation, a solution is sought for the unsettled festival summer. ID&T initially instituted summary proceedings against the government on behalf of forty other organizers of festivals and events, but later decided to postpone it for the time being.

On 9 July, outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister Hugo de Jonge announced that multi-day festivals will not take place until 13 August. One-day festivals are allowed to receive a limited number of visitors. For festivals after August 13, such as Lowlands and Down The Rabbit Hole, it is still unclear what the measures will be and whether the festivals can continue.

Health Minister Hugo de Jonge suggested that we first have a conversation. So that happens on Tuesday. According to Janmaat, the conversation is “a first step” towards a solution. “A lot has happened in the past week. We have all followed the parliamentary debate closely and we felt very supported,” Janmaat said earlier. “A large part of the debate concerned our sector. We were very happy with that.”

06.00 – Australian state of South Australia in lockdown after handful of infections

The Australian state of South Australia will go into lockdown from Tuesday evening (local time), the Prime Minister of the state Steven Marshall announced, after five locally acquired infections with the corona virus were identified. South Australia includes the city of Adelaide with over 1.3 million inhabitants.

As a result of the decision, a total of more than 14 million Australians will have to stay at home as much as possible. Previously, the states of New South Wales and Victoria went into lockdown. These states include the cities of Sydney and Melbourne.

The measures in South Australia will take effect from 6 p.m. local time and are expected to remain in effect for at least a week. “We hate to have these restrictions in place, but we believe we only have one chance – one chance to do it right,” Marshall said.

Only 11 percent of Australia’s 25 million residents have so far been vaccinated against Covid-19, but until recently, the country has largely contained the virus. Last month, however, Australia was faced with an outbreak of the delta variant of the corona virus. Since then, more than a hundred infections have been registered daily.

Sydney has been in lockdown for more than three weeks now, but new infections are still being detected. On Tuesday, there were 78 new cases. Residents of the city are only allowed to go out for sports, shopping or if they have another good reason.

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