Solid Start Monitor 2021: more effort, better cooperation In 2021, municipalities offered a greater number of activities geared towards giving children a good start in life, such as Nu Niet Zwanger and VoorZorg.
Increase in COVID-19 hospital admissions, positive tests reaching high plateau Last week*, 1,266 patients with a SARS-CoV-2 infection were admitted to hospital in the Netherlands, an increase of 7% compared to the week before that.
Weekly vaccination figures per neighbourhood available through open data As of today, RIVM will publish weekly updates on vaccination turnout and vaccination coverage per neighbourhood in the Netherlands, both cumulative and broken down by calendar week.
Boosters improve diminished protection against Omicron infection after basic COVID-19 vaccination or previous infection Vaccination or previous infection with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 provide less effective protection against the Omicron variant compared to the Delta variant. A COVID-19 booster vaccination ensures renewed protection against Omicron.
Start cervical cancer screening on Saba February 7th 2022, a pilot for population screening for cervical cancer will start on Saba. All women between 30 and 60 years, will be invited to participate in the coming three years.
Over half a million positive COVID-19 tests, more hospital admissions Last week*, 530,015 positive COVID-19 tests were reported to RIVM**. That is an increase of 45% compared to the week before that. The number of new hospital admissions rose by 11% in the past week. ICU admissions rose by 18%.
ICP M&M meetings in 2012 The 22nd CCE workshop 2012 and 28th Task Force Meeting of the ICP M&M are held 16-19 April 2012 in Warsaw, Poland
No evidence for zoonotic infection caused by Schmallenbergvirus In total, 301 persons were tested for antibodies to Schmallenberg virus by virus neutralization test.