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Press Officers
Journalist can request information through the Press Office. Please contact:
Questions about COVID-19, infectious disease control
Harald Wychgel
+31 30 274 3005
Email: harald.wychgel@rivm.nl
Available every weekday except Monday
Geert Westerhuis
030 - 274 2507
Email: geert.westerhuis@rivm.nl
Available every weekday except Friday
General question about COVID-19
Coen Berends
+31 30 - 274 4791
Email: coen.berends@rivm.nl
Available every weekday except Friday
Questions about COVID-19, vaccinations
Charlotte Menten
+31 30 – 274 8641
Email: charlotte.menten@rivm.nl
Marah Michel
+31 30 - 274 2301
Email: marah.michel@rivm.nl
Available every weekday except Wednesday
Health and Healthcare (including COVID-19 Behavioural Unit)
Jan Brouwer de Koning
+31 30 274 4049
Email: jan.brouwer.de.koning@rivm.nl
Available every weekday except Wednesday
Infectious disease control (with exception of COVID-19), Health and Healthcare
Ron Beekman
+31 30 - 274 2238
Email: ron.beekman@rivm.nl
Available every weekday
Environment and Safety
Ronald Kooren
+31 30 - 274 3993
Email: ronald.kooren@rivm.nl
Available every weekday
You can also contact the secretariat of the Communication department, call +31 (0)30 274 2840 or email persvoorlichting@rivm.nl
Availability outside office hours
To contact a Press Officer outside office hours, please call +31 (0)30 274 9111.
Filming and photography
If you wish to film or take photographs on RIVMNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment premises, you must obtain prior permission through one of the Press Officers.