(Photo: RIVM). GGD Hollands Midden started preventive vaccination against monkeypox on Tuesday. People who are at increased risk of the monkeypox virus will receive a personal invitation for the vaccination. GGD Hollands Midden calls on you not to contact them yourself, but to wait for the invitation. It is not possible to make an appointment … Read more
On behalf of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, GGD Amsterdam and GGD Haaglanden started vaccinating against the Monkeypox virus (monpox virus) on Monday 25 July. The Hollands Midden region is also working hard to make these vaccinations possible. The GGD Holland Midden is not yet ready to actually start vaccinating. “Persons who are … Read more
Virologist Louis Kroes of the LUMC. (Photo: ANP). Leiden, April 16, 2022, 13:23 hrs by the editors Although spring has been in full swing for a few weeks and cold winter days have given way to warm spring sun, a remarkably late flu wave is sweeping the country. After two years of absence due to … Read more
(Photos/video: Emile van Aelst). The police arrested 23 demonstrators at the Jumbo supermarket on Stationsplein in Leiden on Sunday afternoon. These are people who were present at the housing protest on Lammermarkt earlier in the day and who subsequently caused various destruction in the city, according to a police spokesman. The police were present with … Read more
(Photos: Regio15 and submitted). Leiden, November 10, 2021, 10:38 PM by the editors At the railway crossing on Haagweg in Leiden, someone was hit by a train on Wednesday evening around 8.45 pm. A police spokesman could not say anything about the cause. The train from Utrecht is stationary at the level crossing. Barriers have … Read more
The injection site of the GGD in Leiden. Not all young people have been vaccinated yet. (Photo: Rob van Dullemen). “It looks like summer is hitting us in the head now, just like last year.” That is what the Leiden professor of epidemiology Frits Rosendaal says about the strongly increasing infections. He believes that there … Read more
(Foto: Pixabay). June 5, 2021, 9:10 am by the editors de The Leidse Sterrewacht (WLS) working group, the Leiden Observatory, Kaiser and Camras from Dwingeloo will provide a live broadcast of the solar eclipse in the northern hemisphere on Thursday 10 June. In the Netherlands it is a partial solar eclipse, but in Canada you … Read more
‘Lessen van Lieke’ is a new Youtube series. The first episode of the Youtube series ‘Lessen van Lieke’ is online. In the series, teacher Lieke Merkens shows what it is like to work as a nurse. Although she works as a teacher for Mbo-Rijnland, the videos are intended for anyone interested in nursing or care … Read more
In Leiden, the results of the parliamentary elections were announced more than 24 hours after the polls had closed. The key city was thus the last step. The largest party in Leiden was not the VVD, but D66. Sigrid Kaag’s party received the support of 17,530 voters. Good for 23.2% of the votes. The VVD … Read more
(Archive photo: Chris de Waard). The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and the Thrombosis Foundation are starting a newly developed home rehabilitation program for pulmonary embolism patients. At the moment there is no good treatment for pulmonary embolisms, so better aftercare needs extra attention. Every year, more than 12,000 people in the Netherlands develop a … Read more