Monday: corona outbreak at cafe Hillegom, visitors must stay at home
Several people have become infected, possibly after visiting café De Kleine Beurs in the South Holland place. The regional GGD asks everyone who visited the café last Saturday, on 11 July, to stay at home and contact the GGD. It’s about dozens of infections because the cafe did not adhere to the corona measures.
Tuesday: concerns about rapidly increasing number of infections with coronavirus
The corona virus flares up again. “This is worrying. If the measures are relaxed, the virus will quickly seize its chance to spread. It is also worrying that people with complaints will not be tested. They still go to work and still make agreements with their friends.” , says Aura Timen, head of the National Coordination of Infectious Disease Control at RIVM. According to the RIVM, there were Tuesday 96 active local outbreaks.
Wednesday: first the infections rise, then the admissions, then the mortality
In the past week, RIVM received an average of more than a hundred new cases per day. The number of infections has now returned to the level of mid-June. This can be a harbinger the number of hospital admissions and thereafter also the number of deaths.
Thursday: ‘The number of hospital admissions will increase in the next ten days’
Ernst Kuipers of the National Network Acute Care expects the number of hospital admissions due to corona in the next ten days will rise slightly. According to the corona dashboard, there are currently almost 6,500 people in the Netherlands who can infect others with the virus. Until now, the number of patients in the nursing ward has decreased and the number of patients in intensive care has remained somewhat the same.
Friday: ‘Care experts want new corona measures within three days’
Experts in healthcare are urging the cabinet to introduce new, stricter corona measures. They should be introduced within three days. The experts see what they call “an urgent threat to public health”. The government has already announced that it will not amend the current measures for the time being.
By: National Care Guide
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