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In this live blog, we will keep you informed of all developments surrounding the corona virus and the approach to this on Tuesday. The number of corona infections in the Netherlands has increased by 56 percent last week.
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- Last week, 4036 new corona cases were reported nationally, compared to 2588 last week.
- The number of hospital admissions did drop from 44 to 38.
- Read all the news about the coronavirus on our theme site.
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22.30
If you were eagerly awaiting the new game Halo Infinite for Xbox, then you will have to wait a little longer. Microsoft has postponed the arrival of the shooting game Halo Infinite for its Xbox game console until next year. The delay, which developers of the video game announced via Twitter, is partly due to the global corona pandemic.
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According to the team behind Halo Infinite, the corona crisis complicated the creation of the game in such a way that it put a heavy burden on the makers. “It is not sustainable for the good of our team and the success of the game to deliver the game in the coming holiday season.”
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22.19
The outbreak of the corona virus in nursing home De Tweemaster in Maassluis was probably not caused by the ventilation system, but is partly because complaints among employees were not recognized in time. This is reported by the GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond, which coordinated the investigation into the outbreak.
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19.38
People who have been in contact with a corona patient are required to go into quarantine for two weeks. Minister Hugo de Jonge announced this. The measure should help to stem the spread of the corona virus. The measure should take effect halfway through next week.
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All travelers returning from the orange area must also be quarantined for two weeks, if it is up to Minister De Jonge. But unlike the quarantine after contact with a patient, this is more complicated. A new law must first be passed.
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17.01
The corona vaccine on which Russia has acquired a patent will not simply be allowed on the Dutch market. It has been tested far too little for that, says Anke Huckriede, professor of vaccinology in Groningen.
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Russian news channel Sputnik reported the patent on Tuesday and the message was taken over by media around the world. As of June 18, trials have been conducted on 38 people who have all become immune, according to Russian reports. But according to Huckriede, such a drug must have been tested on as many as 10,000 people.
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16.39
A large part of the left-wing opposition in the House of Representatives criticizes the “lack of direction” by Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister Hugo de Jonge (Public Health), now that the number of corona infections is rising again. Opposition parties PvdA, SP and GroenLinks will ask Rutte and De Jonge for clarity on Wednesday during the inserted corona debate.
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16.29
The UWV has listed how many companies have been awarded a wage subsidy scheme. This graph shows how many companies in Brabant are involved. The figures are divided by labor market region.
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15.54
Between Monday morning and Tuesday morning, the number of corona patients increased by 779. That’s the largest one-day increase since April 24. Partly because of this, the number of new cases in the past week exceeded 4,000. This is evident from the figures on the government’s corona dashboard.
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In Brabant, 107 new corona patients have been registered in the past twenty-four hours. The largest number of these patients come from the west of the province.
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15.43
The GGD Brabant-Zuidoost carried out the first unannounced inspections at Van Rooi Meat in Helmond. Those checks were necessary after it was leaked that slaughterhouse staff had continued to work despite corona complaints. Health statements would also not have been completed truthfully. According to the GGD, the inspections showed that the company adheres to the agreements made.
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READ ALSO: GGD is going to check health checks at Van Rooi Meat
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15.39
Nicolette Rigter, director of public health at the GGD region of Utrecht, calls on people to get tested quickly in case of complaints. “Don’t act like normal in the Netherlands. I’ll wait a few days before I go to the ‘doctor’. But get tested right away,” she said during the briefing to the Lower House.
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The GGD sees that people are getting more close contacts. Some do as much as 100. This means that the source and contact investigation takes longer. While it used to take about 8 hours for one study, it is now 12 hours in busy regions. That is why more people are coming to conduct the studies.
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It is also striking that people who have had themselves tested do not always wait for the results at home. “Then we call them and they just walk to the supermarket or you hear that they are in the car.”
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14.49
View the number of infections in your municipality in the past two weeks in the map below. Bergen op Zoom has the most infections per 100,000 inhabitants nationally, over the past two weeks.
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14.42
When schools reopen, it is important that they adhere to the regulations for ventilation, says RIVM boss Jaap van Dissel. “Make sure you comply with the building code, it states how often you have to refresh the air.”
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14.15
The so-called reproduction number, which indicates how quickly the corona virus is spreading, has risen slightly. The number is now 1.3. Jaap van Dissel of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment said this in a briefing to the Lower House. Last week it was 1.2 and the week before 1.4.
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14.00
The source and contact investigation that is started after a positive test becomes more difficult. Last week, the GGD was unable to carry out an investigation in 30 percent of the cases. Until last week, this was still possible at more than 90 percent.
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13.45
People mainly contract corona in the ‘home situation’. Within the family, but also when family and friends come to visit. This leads to about 60 percent of the infections. Parties, drinks and barbecues also play a major role. Relatively many infections also take place on the work floor.
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13.15
Last week, 4,036 new corona cases were reported in the Netherlands. RIVM boss Jaap van Dissel reported this to the Lower House on Tuesday. Last week, the number of new infections was still at 2588. This is an increase of 56 percent. Last week, nine people died from COVID-19, compared to six a week earlier.
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The number of infections mainly arose in Brabant and South and North Holland, and more specifically Bergen op Zoom.
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Last week there were 44 hospital admissions in our country. Last week there were fewer: 38. Hospital admissions are lagging behind because people aged 20 to 40 are now being tested mainly positive for corona. According to Van Dissel, young people are often more mildly ill and have fewer underlying problems.
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12.50
RIVM foreman Jaap van Dissel will update the House of Representatives in a technical briefing on the developments surrounding the corona virus on Tuesday afternoon. This will happen around 1 pm. Follow all developments via this live blog.
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11.30
The first secondary schools will reopen next week, when the summer holidays in the north of the country are over. That is why students’ union LAKS wants clarity about the risks of ventilation systems, because they might help to spread virus particles. The ANP reports this on Tuesday. The LAKS wants the government’s Outbreak Management Team, which directs the fight against the corona virus, to provide advice on ventilation as soon as possible.
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10.49
With the heat going on for a few more days, some home workers are returning to the office because it is cooler there. Several employers say that to the NOS. It concerns small numbers of employees. “Companies and authorities are not obliged to provide a cool workplace, as long as the heat does not cause health damage,” he said writes the broadcaster.
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08.15
Kidney patients are more prone to serious complications if they have the coronavirus. The NOS reports this on the basis of a study of Dutch hospitals that is partly funded by the Kidney Foundation. “Mortality among these patients is also high,” the broadcaster writes.
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07.00
The conclusion that the climate control system almost certainly played a role in the spread of the corona virus in a nursing home in Maassluis has been ‘watered down’ by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), according to directly involved researchers. De Volkskrant reports this. RIVM was also reluctant to warn about the possible dangers of air conditioning units that blow air out and into one and the same room.
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6.25
On Tuesday afternoon, the RIVM will announce how many corona cases have been diagnosed in the past week. It is already clear that there are more than the 2588 new infections from the previous week. The RIVM is likely to report between 3,500 and 4,000 new cases.
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6.03
RIVM foreman Jaap van Dissel will update the House of Representatives in a technical briefing on the developments surrounding the corona virus on Tuesday afternoon. Due to the large increase in the number of infections in recent weeks, the House is coming back from recess earlier. A debate will follow on Wednesday.
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5.45
Worldwide, more than 20 million people have been diagnosed with the corona virus. According to Johns Hopkins University, 20,014,574 infections have been recorded. The University has 734,755 people who have died from the effects of the virus.
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In the United States, 5,089,416 people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus and 163,425 people have died from Covid-19. Brazil has 3,057,470 infections and 101,752 deaths.
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