Hospital staff still vaccinated faster despite Janssen stop | NOW

Hospital staff under the age of 60 who provide a lot of corona care will receive an accelerated injection against the corona virus next week, despite a temporary stop of the Janssen vaccine. If the Janssen vaccine cannot be used further next week, these people will receive another vaccine, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and … Read more

GGD umbrella asks people not to call for injection with leftover vaccines | NOW

Umbrella organization GGD GHOR Netherlands calls on people not to call the general practitioner, medical specialist or the local GGD with questions about vaccinating vulnerable people with leftover vaccines. According to the organization, it also “makes no sense” to come to a location in the hope of a leftover dose. GGD GHOR Netherlands says it … Read more

Because you would almost forget: these are (already) the benefits of vaccination | NOW

Although there has been a lot of work on vaccines recently, vaccination against COVID-19 is above all beneficial in the fight against the corona virus. We can already see the first (sometimes tentative) results. In the Netherlands, but much more in some other countries. 1. Vaccination largely protects against COVID-19 with symptoms A person fully … Read more

This is how the vaccination works: two million Dutch people have had the first injection | NOW

The Netherlands is dangling at the bottom of the list of EU countries in terms of vaccination rate. That is how the vaccination campaign in the Netherlands stands. How many injections are taken per week? More than two million people have now received a first dose of the corona vaccine. More than 800,000 people have … Read more

The Netherlands dangles again at the bottom of the list of EU countries in terms of vaccination rate | NOW

Although an injection is made almost every second and the outgoing cabinet has said several times that it wants to speed up the vaccination program, the Netherlands is once again dangling at the bottom of the list of EU countries when it comes to vaccinations carried out. This is evident from figures from the European … Read more

AstraZeneca side effect or dying of corona: risk is almost the same for young woman | NOW

The low risk of serious side effects from the AstraZeneca vaccine in young women is close to the low risk of dying from COVID-19. Bart-Jan Kullberg, chairman of the Health Council, said this on Thursday evening News hour. According to him, it was therefore not a difficult decision to stop the vaccine, however small the … Read more

Seriously overweight people receive first vaccination: ‘Glad I have protection’

For the first time in Brabant, people with seriously overweight were vaccinated. The first shot in that risk group was taken at the end of the afternoon in the village of Zeeland. The first people were admitted around 4 PM, in a special location: the church. “I’m not a believer, but this is a nice … Read more

Pulmonologist examines corona vaccine in Breda: ‘This is unique’

It is already very busy and yet they are taking some extra work in the Amphia Hospital in Breda. Together with five other hospitals in the Netherlands, they will be researching a new corona vaccine. “It is quite an operation,” says researcher Remco Djamin. “It takes some work, but in the end it gives us … Read more

Arjan works at the IC and has been vaccinated: ‘Side effects of corona are worse’

ICU nurse Arjan van den Broek works at the Amphia Hospital in Breda and has been vaccinated this week with the corona vaccine. “Some colleagues don’t see it yet,” he says. “For example, they first want to wait for the side effects. I see the side effects of the coronavirus here. They don’t lie. ” … Read more

Pulmonologist Remco examines corona vaccine in Breda: ‘This is unique’

It is already very busy and yet they are taking some extra work in the Amphia Hospital in Breda. Together with five other hospitals in the Netherlands, they will be researching a new corona vaccine. “It is quite an operation,” says researcher Remco Djamin. “It takes some work, but in the end it gives us … Read more