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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 (0)88 689 3005
Email: harald.wychgel@rivm.nl
Available every weekday except Monday

Geert Westerhuis 
+31 (0)88 689 2507
Email: geert.westerhuis@rivm.nl
Available every weekday except Friday

Corporate

Coen Berends
+31 (0)88 689 4791
Email: coen.berends@rivm.nl
Available every weekday except Friday

Health and Healthcare (including COVID-19 Behavioural Unit)

Jan Brouwer de Koning
+31 (0)88 689 4049
Email: jan.brouwer.de.koning@rivm.nl
Available every weekday except Wednesday

Environment and Safety

Ronald Kooren
+31 (0)88 689 3993
Email: ronald.kooren@rivm.nl
Available every weekday

Availability outside office hours

To contact a Press Officer outside office hours, please call +31 (0)88 689 8989 or email persvoorlichting@rivm.nl

Filming and photography

If you wish to film or take photographs on RIVM premises, you must obtain prior permission through one of the Press Officers.