MADRID (ANP / RTR) – Spain has registered 31,428 new corona infections since Friday. The Health Ministry confirmed on Monday that a total of 671,468 people in the country have now contracted the virus. More than 30,000 patients have succumbed to Covid-19. The Madrid region in particular has been hit hard by the second wave … Read more
NASA shared a particularly impressive snapshot of the planet Jupiter on Friday. Space telescope Hubble even captured the gas giant, which is at least 588 million kilometers from Earth, with one of its moons in the background. At the rear left of the spectacular photo, we see icy moon Europa, suspected of hiding a liquid … Read more
THE HAGUE (ANP) – The Dutch Association for a Voluntary End of Life (NVVE) calls it “completely unacceptable” that people with a psychiatric condition have to wait two years for the assessment of their euthanasia request. That is why she urges health minister Hugo de Jonge to “work together with mental health care on a … Read more
Shell wants to search for oil and gas again in the arctic region north of Alaska, the FD reveals. The plans are striking, because Shell decided in September 2015 after years of exploration and production stop oil drilling in the Arctic near Alaska. The company thought the revenues were too low. Shell increasingly talks about … Read more
It was known from the start of the corona crisis: autumn would be tough. And it will. The virus’s predicted summer dip was even shorter than expected and hoped for. In France and certainly Spain the figures are serious. Are they a harbinger of what awaits the Netherlands? In Spain, 162 people died of the … Read more
The World Health Organization is raising the alarm about the speed with which the coronavirus is spreading in Europe. The new infections reported in September should be a “wake-up call”, according to regional director Hans Kluge. The virus seems to be spreading faster in many EU countries. Germany reported on Thursday the highest increase in … Read more
If a new wave of patients comes before ICs, they can handle it much better than previously thought. Due to other nursing methods, the average patient does not stay on the IC for 22 days, as in March / April, but only 8 days. This means that many more people can go to work. “We … Read more
Although the number of corona infections is increasing, few people are still dying from the virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) thinks that will change. “October and November will be very difficult.” That says WHO regional director Hans Kluge in an interview with AFP. It is the result of a resurgence of the virus almost … Read more
Sanquin blood bank has encountered a major setback in the collection of blood plasma for the production of a corona drug. The amount of antibodies in that plasma is declining faster than hoped for. That writes the AD. The intention was to recruit 16,000 donors, people who have been infected with corona and therefore have … Read more
A sixth to a third of people who test positive for the corona virus may get this result incorrectly. The tests are so inaccurate that there are many false alarms. That writes NRC. According to NRC, this is evident from information from the RIVM about the accuracy of the PCR test used and the extent … Read more