The American pharmaceutical company Moderna claims that its corona vaccine is more than 94 percent effective against Covid-19. The company is therefore applying for accelerated authorization of the drug on the American and European markets. The rules for housemates and ‘singing together in public’ are now becoming a bit more flexible. And in addition, hundreds … Read more
The number of new infections and the number of hospital admissions due to corona has fallen again in the Netherlands. The RIVM reports 5703 new infections, 974 fewer than yesterday. 149 new corona patients have been admitted to hospital. It is the fifth day in a row that the number of hospital admissions has fallen. … Read more
Italy reports, just like Thursday, a new record number of proven infections. The Lombardy region in particular has been hit hard. Meanwhile in our country: there will be no curfew yet in regions where the number of corona infections is still rising dangerously fast. “We have not yet reached the point where we believe that … Read more
Protests in the south of Europe have led to chaos and violence. Protesters clashed with police in both Spain and Italy. People were injured when the officers were pelted with bottles and stones. Dozens of arrests were made. Germany registered more than 19,000 new corona infections in the past 24 hours. This brings the total … Read more
The flu shot may reduce the risk of coronavirus infection. Researchers at the Radboudumc in Nijmegen have found indirect evidence for this in two ways. They calculate that staff members of the university hospital who got vaccinated against the flu virus last year, contracted SARS-CoV-2 less often than colleagues who did not get the flu … Read more
At the Catshuis, part of the cabinet, under the leadership of Prime Minister Mark Rutte, is once again consulting informally with experts, including Jaap van Dissel of the RIVM, about the approach to the corona crisis. It was two weeks ago on Tuesday that the cabinet announced a partial lockdown. In our live blog we … Read more
There was nothing wrong for about 8.5 months. The child in her womb grew, the mother remained healthy. Fairly relaxed, as far as possible in corona time, Kelly and Gijs from Borne (Overijssel) lived towards the delivery of their first, which was due to arrive on October 10. But then Gijs got corona and Kelly … Read more
Image: Hollandse Hoogte / ANP – The number of corona infections is still increasing. Between Wednesday morning and Thursday morning 7,833 new corona cases were registered, a new day record. – On Wednesday, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) had reported 7296 positive tests and on Tuesday 7377. Since the outbreak … Read more
Photo for illustration. Image: ANP XTRA – Since the intelligent lockdown in March, the number of babies born prematurely has decreased significantly. Erasmus MC reports this after a major study with data of more than 1.5 million births. The number of preterm births fell by 15 to 23 percent after March 9. – The conclusions … Read more
After weeks in which South Limburg in particular lagged significantly behind a nationally strong increase in the number of new corona infections, infection rates are now rising rapidly throughout the province. Both GGDs counted 1,441 positive tests from 5 October to Sunday. That is more than double compared to a week earlier (701). – .