Corona in Schiedam: 116 new infections

Corona in Schiedam: 116 new infections

Schiedam – On Saturday, RIVM reports the infection of 116 city residents with the corona virus. That is the second highest since the start of the pandemic. The record was reached last Wednesday: when 120 people from Schiedam were infected with the corona virus. Nationally, 21,873 new positive tests were reported today. That is 812 … Read more

Schiedammers do not save football stickers or pokémon cards, but pictures of the neighbor and neighbor

Schiedammers do not save football stickers or pokémon cards, but pictures of the neighbor and neighbor

Save a picture of your neighbor, the local shopkeeper or hairdresser? That is possible from this week in Schiedam. More than seventy people from Schiedam-East are participating in Neighborhood Pictures, a project of the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam and artist Maarten Bel. The aim is not only to fill the savings book, but also to get … Read more

Vlaardingen opens new vaccination location Olivier van Noortlaan Vlaardingen

Vlaardingen opens new vaccination location Olivier van Noortlaan Vlaardingen

Vlaardingen – On Thursday morning, the GGD opened another vaccination location in the Rotterdam Rijnmond region. Today that was the location in Vlaardingen. This location is located in District U, the former Unilever site on the Olivier van Noortlaan in Vlaardingen. After an introductory talk by Mayor Bas Eenhoorn and vaccination manager Marco Slegt of … Read more

First Pfizer injection in Schiedam

First Pfizer injection in Schiedam

Schiedam – The first vaccination with the Pfizer corona vaccine was taken this morning in the Schiedam Groenoordhal. From now on, the GGD will vaccinate here seven days a week. The honor of the first shot in Schiedam fell to 74-year-old Schiedammer Steenbergen. Today the GGD will put around 650 to 700 injections in Schiedam. … Read more

Franciscus and Erasmus MC receive a grant for lung research in premature children

Franciscus and Erasmus MC receive a grant for lung research in premature children

Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland and Erasmus MC have received the BeterKeten subsidy for lung research for premature children. It concerns an amount of 207,000 euros. About 8% of all children are born prematurely. Children born prematurely more often have respiratory complaints in the first year of life and a lower lung function; in the long … Read more

GPs in Schiedam will start vaccinating with AstraZeneca next week

GPs in Schiedam will start vaccinating with AstraZeneca next week

Schiedam – General practitioners in Schiedam and surrounding municipalities will start vaccinating with the AstraZeneca vaccine next week. Due to the limited availability of this vaccine, this has so far only happened in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant, Limburg and Gelderland. In South Holland this concerns the postcode areas 2957 to 4241, in other words, in addition to … Read more

yet again 31 new infections

yet again 31 new infections

Schiedam – The RIVM reported 31 new infections among the inhabitants of Schiedam on Thursday, yesterday there were 15. The official totals reported today for Schiedam so far: 6,433 positive tests, 189 inhabitants of Schiedam have been or have been hospitalized and 102 city residents have died from the consequences of a corona infection. The … Read more