Delta variant on the rise The delta variant of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is occurring more and more often in the Netherlands.
Effects of COVID-19 vaccination becoming increasingly visible In the past calendar week, there were 43% fewer hospital admissions of patients with COVID-19 compared to the week before.
First patient infected by tick-borne encephalitis virus For the first time, a person in the Netherlands has fallen ill after a bite from a tick carrying the tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBE virus).