This page presents an overview of all the ongoing and concluded research at RIVM related to COVID-19 and the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The studies conducted by RIVM have included such diverse topics as transmission and spread of the virus, risk factors for serious disease, immunity and vaccine effectiveness, human behaviour, physical and mental health, and impacts on health and healthcare in the Netherlands.
RIVM has been conducting research to track the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in the Netherlands since February 2020. Its ongoing activities include coronavirus monitoring based on test results recorded by the Municipal Public Health Services (GGDs) as well as hospital and ICU admissions related to COVID-19. More recently, sewage surveillance has been expanded to include SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens, while pathogen surveillance focuses on identifying emerging sub-variants.
Monitoring the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
- Families and young people (First Few Hundred Study)
Research on families in which someone has COVID-19 - Monitoring stations at GP practices
Research through monitoring stations at GP practices - Infection Radar
Research on national monitoring of COVID-19 symptoms (in Dutch) - Modelling
Research on how modelling contributes to COVID-19 control measures - Pathogen Surveillance
Research on how the virus is changing and what that means for how it spreads - PIENTER Corona Study
Investigating immunity to SARS-CoV-2 among the general population through antibodies in blood samples - Coronavirus monitoring in sewage
Measuring virus particles in sewage surveillance to monitor the spread of SARS-CoV-2 - Transmission at primary schools
Research on how COVID-19 spreads at primary schools - How the coronavirus spreads indoors
Research on how SARS-CoV-2 spreads indoors
Research on vaccine-induced protection
- Vaccine effectiveness in preventing hospital admissions
Research on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness - CONTEST study
Risk factors for COVID-19: CONTEST study - IIVAC Study (in Dutch)
Immune responses generated through vaccination against COVID-19 - VASCO study
Research on the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccinations - VECTOR study
Vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 related hospital admissions in risk groups - VIDO study
Research on immunity after COVID-19 vaccination - VIVO study (in Dutch)
Research on immune response after COVID-19 vaccination in comparison to vaccination against pneumococcal disease or influenza (flu) - VOCAAL study (in Dutch)
Research on immune response to COVID-19 vaccinations in people aged 64 years and older
Research on behaviour and lifestyle
- Applying behavioural science to COVID-19
Research on behavioural science, COVID-19 and responses to basic recommendations and measures - Indirect effects of COVID-19 on health and healthcare (in Dutch)
Research on postponing, adapting or avoiding care in the context of COVID-19 - Lifestyle, health and quality of life among older people during the COVID-19 pandemic (in Dutch)
- Prevention & care in the context of broader issues in society (in Dutch) An overview of research in the Netherlands on prevention and care during COVID-19
Research on physical and mental health
- Health research for COVID-19
Research programme on the impact of COVID-19 on physical and mental health in the Netherlands - Mental health and COVID-19 (in Dutch)
An overview of various research projects on mental health in the Netherlands - Physical health and COVID-19
Research on the impact of working from home on physical health in the Netherlands - Long COVID study
- Study on long-term health problems after COVID-19
- Q fever and COVID-19
Research on Q-fever and COVID-19
Research on healthcare
- Postponed healthcare during coronavirus pandemic
Study on the impact of COVID-19 on the healthcare system and healthy life years
Research on the impact of the living environment
- Air quality and COVID-19
Does air quality affect the spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2? - Proximity to livestock farms
Living in close proximity to livestock farms increases chance of positive COVID-19 test