The RIVM newsletter informs partners, international organisations and institutions about the latest developments on health and the environment in the Netherlands and of the actions carried out by RIVM. This edition focuses on news and developments on COVID-19. Read all about progress on the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, modelling, coronavirus monitoring in sewage and other COVID-19 research.  Other news and reports include the 2020 nitrate report, a health study in an industrial area, NutriScore label and more.

RIVM is coordinating the implementation of the coronavirus vaccinations in the Netherlands. 

Prof. Cécile van Els, professor of vaccinology,  discusses facts and fiction about the COVID-19 vaccine. 

Marith Volp MD (1972) is Director of Public Health and Health Services at the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, RIVM.