More than half of the corona patients who are admitted to hospital are still affected by the infection six months after admission, according to research by the GGD Amsterdam and Amsterdam UMC. Three months after admission, four in five patients admitted appear to still have complaints, a spokesperson for the GGD confirms after reporting by … Read more
Seven out of ten Dutch people are in favor of a corona passport, it appears behavioral research of the RIVM. Participants argue that they ‘see it’ to use such a passport, in which negative test certificates and vaccinations are kept, to gain access to events, cultural locations, work and education. Evidence that someone has recently … Read more
People who adhere to the advice to keep a distance of 1.5 meters from others are indeed less likely to contract the corona virus, RIVM researchers conclude. “The research shows that social distancing is an important measure to stop the virus from spreading,” the institute summarizes the results. The researchers analyzed data from 7,000 people … Read more
Limburg was the province with relatively the most corona infections last week. This is mainly due to the large number of infections in North and Central Limburg. – Compared to the population, the corona virus spreads the fastest in our province with 332.90 infections per 100,000 inhabitants. This is evident from figures from the GGDs … Read more
The last vaccination operation in nursing homes and institutions for people with intellectual disabilities will start next week. The RIVM tells this in conversation with NU.nl. During the ‘sweeping round’, all waiting are vaccinated against COVID-19. About six to seven hundred healthcare institutions still have to take (a few) injections. These are people who so … Read more
The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) warns Tuesday against food supplements and tea with St. John’s wort. New research shows that the herbal preparation can have harmful effects on health, the RIVM reports. For example, people use herbal preparations containing St. John’s wort to help them sleep better. It is unknown … Read more
Total 1,162,661 infections This brings the total number of infections since the outbreak in March 2020 to 1,162,661, according to the RIVM Number of vaccinations Until Monday, a total of 1,333,619 vaccinations have been reported to the RIVM, but the RIVM estimates the actual number at 1,892,689. This is because it takes several days to … Read more
The RIVM registered 31,959 positive tests in the past week, almost the same number as one week earlier (31,984). It is the first (small) drop in the amount of infections on a weekly basis in four weeks. A lot more people also visited the test street: more than 360,000 compared to 317,000 a week earlier. … Read more
A new variant of the corona virus has surfaced in North Limburg. This mutation is considered to be of concern because the vaccination may not work as well for this variant. – It also seems that this variant is more contagious than the original corona virus. It reports that National Institute for Health and Environment … Read more
Most infections were reported in the municipality of Emmen (+54). Four of the seven deaths were in the municipality of Westerveld. Yesterday, 169 more infections were added in Drenthe. The average of the past seven days (including today) is 122 infections per day in our province. The number of infections, hospital admissions and deaths from … Read more