Corona news: number of vacancies in catering and shops is rising again, The Hague is a new source of fire

In this live blog we will keep you informed of all the news about the corona crisis in Brabant and beyond on Monday.

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The banks of rivers in our country have become more seriously polluted with plastic waste in recent months than they already were. Clean Rivers, an organization that investigates and cleans up plastic, warns against this. Clean Rivers has been told by various municipalities that pollution has increased further during the corona crisis.

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More people than usual have gone out into nature in their own country. It was also busier along the rivers than in previous years.

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07.35 The Hague new corona fire
The corona virus is spreading again, and especially in and around The Hague, the number of infections has increased rapidly in the last few days. Haaglanden now has more infections than Rotterdam-Rijnmond and rivals Amsterdam-Amstelland.

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In the six days from Monday morning to Sunday morning, the number of infections in the Netherlands rose by 4,086, which is considerably more than in the same period a week earlier.

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7.31
India has overtaken Brazil and is now in second place worldwide in the number of corona infections. 4.2 million cases of illness have been registered in the country. The United States is the leader and has 6.25 million infections. However, many experts say that India is not testing enough people and the actual numbers could be much higher.

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6.03
The number of vacancies is rising again. Almost all occupational groups show improved figures compared to last month, says job site Indeed. The number of vacancies in the hospitality industry is now at minus 49 percent compared to last year, where it was still minus 70 percent in June. The number of vacancies is still falling in the construction and installation sector.

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Most demand is for salespeople, carers and cleaners. The profession of baker tops the list of positions with the largest increase in vacancies, followed by delivery and weekend help. It is striking that five of the ten positions in the list of top risers are occupations in the retail sector.

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5.35
All employees of the Belgian radio station Studio Brussel go into quarantine and have to undergo a corona test after two of them have tested positive for the lung virus. Due to the measures, almost exclusively non-stop music can be heard on the music channel throughout the week. Two employees will continue to make programs from home in the morning (6 am-9am) and in the afternoon (4 pm-7pm).

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5.12
Schools fear frigid classes if the ventilation systems are not in order in about a month. This is evident from a tour of De Telegraaf. In the classroom the windows are obliged to open because of corona, just after the summer vacation, with a warm sun and temperatures above twenty degrees, it was still feasible. But with the R in the month it gradually gets colder again and so the concern about the autumn and winter months grows in the schools. Because as long as the ventilation systems are not working, the windows must be open.

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