BREDA – Hundreds of people who visited the two-day Ploegendienst festival near Breda later tested positive for the corona virus. Of all the people who received a positive test result, at least 424 had been to the festival on the Galderse Meren, the GGD confirms after reporting by BN deStem. Of the people who tested … Read more
PIPE – [update 13:20 uur] On Tuesday morning, a silo filled with chalk fell over on the site of the Belgian cable producer Nexans in Buizingen. The silo ended up on top of a truck that overturned. The driver of the truck was first missing, later he was found dead, Belgian media report. The accident … Read more
THE HAGUE – The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) warns consumers not to use the herbal preparation Montalin. In addition to herbs, the herbal preparation also contains analgesic medicines. These agents have been added illegally and are not listed on the packaging. The web shops that sold this drug had to stop … Read more
BILTHOVEN – RIVM once again calls on you to wash your hands with soap and water and to use hand gel only if there is no other option. As someone uses more hand gel with ethanol, the risk of breast cancer increases “very slightly”, reports the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment. The … Read more
ENTER – An outbreak of the corona virus at primary school De Talenter in Enter is bigger than expected, Mayor Doret Tigchelaar of the Overijssel municipality of Wierden reports in a video message. “A bigger outbreak in the sense that more than 50 people are already infected,” she says. The mayor speaks of “great concern … Read more
SWEETERMEER – When a possible curfew comes into effect, there must be an exception for logistics and freight traffic. “Transport and logistics play a vital role in keeping society running. Transport continues 24 hours a day. An exception is necessary for this,” said the Transport and Logistics Netherlands (TLN) trade association. The organization also believes … Read more
UTRECHT – Medical specialists are concerned about the stagnating decline in the number of corona infections. The period in which more than 1000 new patients with Covid-19 are hospitalized every week has now been three weeks longer than during the first wave in the spring, warns the Dutch Internists Association (NIV). “The high pressure on … Read more
BILTHOVEN – People with a lower education receive the hardest blows from the corona virus. Not only during the current outbreak, but also in the future, warns the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). The elderly and people with underlying health problems will also feel the consequences. People with a lower education … Read more
ZEIST – The number of corona patients in hospitals continues to rise. Hospitals are currently treating 547 patients because of the coronavirus. That is the highest number since the beginning of June and double that of last week. There are 431 corona patients on the nursing wards, 36 more than on Thursday. The number of … Read more
AMSTERDAM – Head of infectious diseases at the GGD Amsterdam Yvonne van Duijnhoven feels that public health in the capital is currently in danger. She says that in an interview with AT5. Van Duijnhoven responds to the number of more than 3,000 coronavirus infections that were detected in Amsterdam in the past two weeks. The … Read more