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Preparations for COVID-19 vaccinations now in progress

RIVM is preparing for implementation of the coronavirus vaccinations. As soon as there is a safe and effective vaccine against the novel coronavirus, it will be quickly and carefully deployed to vaccinate the target groups.

R number rises to 1, decrease in newly reported COVID-19 infections slows

In the past week, the Municipal Health Services (GGDs) reported 36,931 new reports of confirmed COVID infections. This is about the same as in the previous week, when 37,706 new COVID-19 infections were reported (-2%).

New data on antimicrobial resistance in Europe

New data on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in European countries is now available in the sixth annual report of the

Second wave is subsiding far slower than the first wave

For the second week in a row, the number of newly reported COVID-19 infections decreased last week compared to the week before that.

Tijdelijk bord van de gemeente Den Haag, bevestigd aan een paal bij een sportveld, dat wijst op de maatregelen die zijn genomen in het kader van de aanpak van het coronavirus.

Decrease in COVID-19 cases as expected, high number of contagious people persists

The number of newly reported COVID-19 infections decreased last week compared to the week before that. The number of newly reported infections is dropping in all regions.

International collaboration essential theme State of Zoonoses 2019

Each year, at the request of the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, RIVM prepares an overview of the most important zoonoses and indicates their prevalence in the Netherlands.

Coronavirus monitoring in sewage now easier to compare on Coronavirus Dashboard

Starting this week, the measurement results from the sewage research in various municipalities and security regions can be compared on the Coronavirus Dashboard.

Slight decrease in newly reported COVID-19 infections, R still above 1

The number of newly reported COVID-19 infections decreased slightly last week compared to the week before that. Reproduction number R is still entirely above 1.

European Antibiotic Awareness Day: the fight against antibiotics resistance

Wednesday, 18 November is European Antibiotic Awareness Day. On this day, attention throughout Europe is requested for the responsible use of antibiotics in people and animals.

Without measures emissions of HFC greenhouse gases will increase rapidly

Without global agreement on the use of HFCs, their contribution to the greenhouse effect may increase sharply to 10 percent of that of CO2 by 2050. The current contribution is less than 1 percent.