ZWAAGDIJK/MONTFOORT – The Van Straalen de Vries Group is strengthening its position in recycling logistics by taking over the transport activities of the Jan Snel Group from Montfoort as of January 1, 2022. This is the result of discussions over the past few months between Rober van Straalen and Simeon Roodenburg, director of transport Jan … Read more
DEN BOSCH – Lareb side effects center has so far received almost 10,000 reports of menstrual disorders after corona vaccination. The complaints range from lack of menstruation, heavy menstruation, to breakthrough bleeding. There are also complaints about bleeding after the menopause, the side effects center announced. Lareb is currently looking into and mapping the reports. … Read more
THE HAGUE – The new wave of corona cases mainly affects young people, but the virus is slowly but surely starting to penetrate into nursing homes. The number of positive tests among the elderly there is increasing, although it is still limited for the time being. The residents are most at risk from an infection … Read more
BREDA – Hundreds of people who visited the two-day Ploegendienst festival near Breda later tested positive for the corona virus. Of all the people who received a positive test result, at least 424 had been to the festival on the Galderse Meren, the GGD confirms after reporting by BN deStem. Of the people who tested … Read more
PIPE – [update 13:20 uur] On Tuesday morning, a silo filled with chalk fell over on the site of the Belgian cable producer Nexans in Buizingen. The silo ended up on top of a truck that overturned. The driver of the truck was first missing, later he was found dead, Belgian media report. The accident … Read more
THE HAGUE – The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) warns consumers not to use the herbal preparation Montalin. In addition to herbs, the herbal preparation also contains analgesic medicines. These agents have been added illegally and are not listed on the packaging. The web shops that sold this drug had to stop … Read more
BILTHOVEN – RIVM once again calls on you to wash your hands with soap and water and to use hand gel only if there is no other option. As someone uses more hand gel with ethanol, the risk of breast cancer increases “very slightly”, reports the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment. The … Read more
ENTER – An outbreak of the corona virus at primary school De Talenter in Enter is bigger than expected, Mayor Doret Tigchelaar of the Overijssel municipality of Wierden reports in a video message. “A bigger outbreak in the sense that more than 50 people are already infected,” she says. The mayor speaks of “great concern … Read more
SWEETERMEER – When a possible curfew comes into effect, there must be an exception for logistics and freight traffic. “Transport and logistics play a vital role in keeping society running. Transport continues 24 hours a day. An exception is necessary for this,” said the Transport and Logistics Netherlands (TLN) trade association. The organization also believes … Read more
UTRECHT – Medical specialists are concerned about the stagnating decline in the number of corona infections. The period in which more than 1000 new patients with Covid-19 are hospitalized every week has now been three weeks longer than during the first wave in the spring, warns the Dutch Internists Association (NIV). “The high pressure on … Read more