Photo: CC0 Pete Linforth via Pixabay In the first 4 days of week 52 (25 – 28 December), the national average number of virus particles in the sewage water by 35% compared to the week before. Last week, the share of participants with a positive corona test result decreased Infection radar(externe link), compared to the … Read more
Photo: CC0 Pete Linforth via Pixabay In the first 4 days of week 51 (18 – 21 December), the national average number of virus particles in the sewage water slightly by 8% compared to the week before. Last week, the share of participants with a positive corona test result remained low Infection radar(externe link) same, … Read more
The number of people in the Netherlands with respiratory complaints continues to rise. In addition to the coronavirus and the rhinovirus, the number of people with the flu virus is increasing. The RIVM also still sees people with pneumonia. These are caused, among other things, by the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Do you have respiratory complaints? … Read more
Dec 20, 2023 at 6:02 PM Update: 14 minutes ago The number of people with respiratory complaints in the Netherlands is increasing further, the RIVM reported on Wednesday. There has been a flu epidemic since last week. A record number of coronavirus particles have also been found in sewage water. For two weeks now, more … Read more
ANP NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 09:48 Even two years after corona, a significant number of students still suffer from anxiety or depression. This is evident from the new Monitor Mental health and substance use students in higher education. The RIVM and the Trimbos Institute conducted research among 32,000 students. A measurement was also taken in 2021, during … Read more
Photo: CC0 Pete Linforth via Pixabay In week 40 (October 2 – 8), the national average number of virus particles in the virus increased sewage water by 17% compared to the previous week. Last week, the share of participants with COVID-19-like complaints increased Infection radar (externe link)light, compared to the week before (from 4.1% to … Read more
The increase is not surprising at this time of year, explains Susan van den Hof, epidemiologist at RIVM. “People have been on holiday, to festivals, meet many others and then go back to school or work.” This makes the virus spread more easily. “So it’s not very unexpected.” Moreover, the number of coronavirus particles is … Read more
ANP Picture for illustration Marieke Schunselaar news editor Annabel van Gestel news editor Marieke Schunselaar news editor Annabel van Gestel news editor The number of STDs in the Netherlands continues to increase. It was already announced in June that more people tested positive for an STI in 2022 than a year earlier and that this … Read more
Photo: CC0 The number of diagnoses of Lyme disease, caused by the bite of an infected tick and recognizable by a red ring or spot on the skin, was as high in the most recent measurement in 2021 as in the penultimate count in 2017. In 2021, doctors saw such a red ring or spot … Read more
A red circle or spot on the skin after a tick bite? In 2021, Lyme disease will be diagnosed 25,600 times. It was the first time since 1994 that that number has not increased, RIVM concluded yesterday. How to protect yourself against a tick bite and Lyme disease? Jesse Schuitemaker, forester ecology at Natuurmonumenten, knows … Read more