COVID-19: Advice for residents of Noord-Brabant RIVM advises residents of the province of Noord-Brabant to limit their social contacts if they have a cold, cough or a fever. This means: stay at home.
Patient with novel coronavirus deceased An 86-year-old man who was hospitalised in the Ikazia hospital Rotterdam with COVID-19 has died. The source of infection of the patient remains unknown.
Eight new patients, Maasstad Hospital closes ICU department To date, Monday 2 March, eight new patients have been reported to RIVM. This brings the total number of positive tests in the Netherlands to 18.
Three new patients with novel coronavirus (COVID-19) Three new patients were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on March 1st, bringing the number of coronavirus patients in the Netherlands to ten.
Patient with COVID-19 in Delft On 29 February, a woman in Delft was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Netherlands. The woman had been in Lombardy, in Northern Italy, last week.
Norovirus leading cause food-related outbreaks More outbreaks of food-related infections and food poisoning were reported in 2016 than in 2015.
Citizen Science for Public Health: a promising approach Citizen Science is a new approach for the public health field.
Influenza epidemic winter 2016/2017 longer than average During the winter of 2016/2017 the influenza epidemic lasted for 15 weeks. This is longer than the nine-week average epidemic duration in the twenty previous seasons.
Proposal for water quality standards for PFOA RIVM proposes water quality standards for perfluoro octanoic acid (PFOA). PFOA is a man-made chemical that is used to protect surfaces.
RIVM to lead innovative European efforts on health promoting health systems How can we strengthen and support health promoting approaches within the broader health and social care system? And how can we best include other sectors in this process?