From September 2026, the National Immunisation Programme will be using a different HPV vaccine: Gardasil 9. This vaccine protects against more types of HPV than the previous vaccine.

In the province of Utrecht, someone has died from West Nile fever. The person contracted the West Nile virus in the Netherlands and died in a hospital. Due to privacy and out of respect for the relatives, RIVM will not make any further statements about this person.