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Insight into hospital admissions for acute respiratory infections

In order to achieve an accurate overview of how often respiratory infections occur in the Netherlands, it is important to know how many patients are admitted to hospital with a respiratory infection.

Flu jab for additional groups

The flu jab is offered free of charge every year to people aged 60 years and older, and to people who are at higher risk of becoming seriously ill from the flu virus due to medical reasons

Crisis communication changes from one moment to the next

RIVM researcher Marion de Vries will be defending her dissertation on Friday 24 September, focusing on crisis communication, the role of the media during a crisis, and public perception of a crisis.

Een zendwagen van NOS op het terrein van het RIVM

People who had one jab after having COVID-19 now included in vaccination coverage figures for full vaccination

Vaccination coverage in the Netherlands rose more sharply this week than in previous weeks, increasing to 81.7% among people aged 18 years and older and 79.0% among those aged 12 years and older.

Moeder en dochter op weg naar covid-19 vaccinatie bij de GGD

Vaccination figures now available by municipality

RIVM is providing access to COVID-19 vaccination figures by municipality via open data as of today. The open data now includes vaccination turnout and coverage by municipality for three age groups.

More attention needed for mental health refugees

Although the physical health of asylum seekers holding a temporary residence permit (permit holders) is relatively good, this is to a much lesser extent the case with respect to mental health.

Overhandigen Nederlands paspoort aan statushouder

New international project Inno4Vac targets faster vaccine development

Inno4vac, a new European interdisciplinary project was launched on 1 September. Inno4vac focuses on the design and application of new and highly advanced predictive models to allow a faster development and manufacturing of new vaccines.

Dust in IJmond contains many PAHs and metals

In Wijk aan Zee, Beverwijk, Velsen-Noord and IJmuiden, more polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and metals were found in the deposition of dust than outside the IJmond region.

Vaccines very effective against hospital and ICU admissions, also for Delta variant

COVID-19 vaccines work well in preventing people from being admitted to hospital or ICU for COVID-19, according to a new analysis by RIVM.

Uit onderzoek naar de effectiviteit van de COVID-19-vaccins tegen ziekenhuis- en IC-opname blijkt dat ziekenhuisopnames vooral plaatsvinden onder ongevaccineerde personen

COVID-19 vaccination reduces transmission

Vaccination against COVID-19 reduces the transmission of the virus from one person to another. This is apparent from RIVM research using data from source and contact tracing by the Municipal Public Health Services (GGDs).