The hospitals in Brabant have again scaled up their available beds for corona patients. “Last week there were still 50 beds, now there are 90”, says spokesperson Marieke van Bommel on behalf of the ROAZ, the Brabant hospital consultation. “We now also receive patients from Amsterdam and Rotterdam where they have a shortage of beds.” … Read more
The Dutch sports team is very frightened after the three positive corona cases in the Olympic village in recent days. “We knew this could happen, but it’s not nice to hear that someone from your own team has been infected,” said archer Gabriela Schloesser-Bayardo after she competed in the qualifying tournament in Tokyo on Thursday … Read more
Everyone should work from home again from today, unless there really is no other option. That is what outgoing Prime Minister Rutte said after the weekly meeting of the most involved ministers about the corona crisis. US. – To the basic rules, such as washing hands and keeping a distance of one and a half … Read more
The number of corona cases continues to rise throughout the Netherlands, further increasing risk levels. Eleven of the 25 security regions are already at the highest alert level, very serious, and ten regions could be added if the government adopts the new map of the Netherlands in the course of next week. This is reported … Read more
France is tightening its entry policy for travelers from the Netherlands and several other European countries. They need a negative corona test result that is not more than 24 hours old from midnight on Sunday, the government announced on Saturday. The new rule will also apply to travelers from the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Spain, Portugal … Read more
Six regional GGDs will not carry out any tests on travelers until at least Monday. The Eurofins lab needs too much time to process all the tests and therefore it is not possible to give holidaymakers a definitive answer within 30 hours. – This concerns the regions of Rotterdam-Rijnmond, Haaglanden, Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe and IJsselland. … Read more
Menno de Jong, virologist at Amsterdam UMC and member of the Outbreak Management Team, is concerned about the enormous increase in the number of corona infections. “We have to take into account that the infections still seep through to the vulnerable population,” he says at the Amsterdam channel. AT5. Although they have been vaccinated, he … Read more
The Cuban corona vaccine Soberana 2 is 91.2 percent effective against the lung virus after three shots. So reports state-run pharmaceutical company BioCubaFarma, which oversees the Finlay Institute of Vaccination, the vaccine’s maker. Abdala, another Cuban vaccine, was previously shown to be 92.28 percent effective against corona. Again, three doses are required. – .
The ten thousand first-year students who will start their higher vocational education at Fontys after the summer holidays will have an introductory week as usual. This includes the city days in which students can get to know the city where they are going to study and the popular Purple Festival. – The Purple Introweek, as … Read more
The Dutch economy contracted more than expected in the first quarter of this year. The gross domestic product fell by 0.8 percent compared to the previous three months, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported. Previously, 0.5 percent shrinkage was reported, but Statistics Netherlands now has more data than with the first estimate in May. The … Read more