The Dutch Association of Cinemas and Film Theaters (NVBF) calls on the new State Secretary for Culture to give perspective to the cultural sector. NVBF chairman Boris van der Ham says this in an initial response to the news about the imminent relaxation of the corona measures. For the time being, it seems that the … Read more
The number of new admissions of corona patients to the nursing wards has fluctuated in recent days. While 146 new people with the coronavirus were admitted to Dutch hospitals between Monday and Tuesday, there were 94 in the last 24 hours. The total number of corona patients occupying a hospital bed is also decreasing and … Read more
For Mayor Hubert Bruls van Nijmegen, who is also chairman of the Security Council of Mayors, it is not yet obvious that the strict lockdown will be extended on Friday. According to him, the Outbreak Management Team must come up with a convincing story about the effect. “That you can really indicate: if we don’t … Read more
The fifteen men and boys who were arrested in Dinteloord on New Year’s Eve for throwing heavy fireworks at enforcers have been released. However, the stocking is not over yet. The police are continuing the investigation, writes mayor Ruud van den Belt of the municipality of Steenbergen. Two of the enforcers may have suffered permanent … Read more
A laboratory for the production of GHB was found in a house on Frans Heijlaertsplein in Breda. In addition, 25 kilograms of raw materials for narcotics were seized. The resident, a 29-year-old man, will receive a police report. Twelve reports of nuisance had been received about the building in the past six weeks. Partly because … Read more
The invitation letters for the booster shot will be on everyone’s doorstep no later than January 29, reports the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). A spokesperson acknowledges that this means that some people can only make an appointment for a booster shot from that date. The aim of the cabinet is … Read more
So far, there has been no flu wave in the Netherlands this year either. Research by the Amsterdam UMC, the GGD Amsterdam and the RIVM shows that flu is currently hardly circulating. According to doctor-virologist Menno de Jong, it is possible that after two flu-free years we will have a more severe epidemic, as soon … Read more
A truck, which was parked in a parking lot along the A50 highway near Schaijk, was largely burned out on Tuesday morning. The driver has been injured. The report came in around ten past eight, after which the ambulance, police, trauma helicopter and fire brigade were called in. The truck is in the Ganzenven parking … Read more
The number of corona patients treated in a hospital has fallen to 1,660, the lowest level since November 10, almost two months ago. In the past day, 119 hospital beds have become available. Nursing wards are treating 1188 people on Saturday because of Covid-19, the disease caused by the corona virus. For the first time … Read more
Herman van der Zandt will count down Friday evening via a video link. The NOS presenter provides the Countdown moment at the NPO, but had to quarantine because he had been near someone with corona. The Countdown moment actually looks the same as every year, but then Van der Zandt can be seen on a … Read more