The Amsterdam student body ASCAVSV stopped hazing new members after four of them tested positive are on the coronavirus. Worries about the new infections in their twenties. According to the GGDs in both cities, the upcoming introduction weeks pose a risk of contamination.
“We see a doubling of the number of reports of positively tested people. We see this increase very much in young adults,” said Susan van den Hof of RIVM. this afternoon. In the past week, a quarter of all people tested positive in our country were between 20 and 29 years old. According to Van den Hof, the figures show “that young people also transmit the virus to older people. That is what I am concerned about. That the virus is now spreading to the older age groups.”
Student associations throughout the Netherlands are therefore examining whether the introduction weeks can continue and, above all, how?
Introduction weeks are, according to chairman Merel van Lunen, chairman of the Rotterdam Chamber of Societies, an umbrella organization of student associations in Rotterdam, an indispensable start for new students. “A whole group of students comes to Rotterdam, who has often spent a whole summer at home. They have not had a graduation or exam party. We had a nice start to our student days and we want new students to do that.”
The percentage of positive tests among young people is relatively high, says Van den Hof:
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