Tag: Corona
Corona home test less accurate if you have no complaints: ‘Test again if you get symptoms’
Utrecht – Corona self-tests are less accurate in people who have no symptoms of an infection. This is shown by a study by a group of researchers led by UMC…
Corona infection is rampant in Europe: “We will also see a large spread here”
In France, the government is now urging the population to put on mouth guards again in all public places. It is the Omikron variants BA.4 and BA.5 that cause the…
Director TivoliVredenburg: ‘Culture sector can remain open during the next corona wave’
Since the start of the pandemic, the culture sector has been one of the first to close its doors during a corona wave, and one of the last to reopen.…
Corona infection has increased in Sweden
Corona infection has increased in Sweden. This was announced by Minister of Social Affairs Lena Hallengren (S) and the Director General of the Swedish Public Health Agency, Karin Tegmark Wisell,…
Ministers Kuipers have RIVM and GGDs prepare a vaccination campaign
According to Kuipers, there is no reason for an extra vaccination round yet, but it is “probable” in the course of the year. It is not yet certain whether other…
Alarms from several regions – corona falls increase sharply again
Several regions are now sounding the alarm about increased covid infection. In the Stockholm Region, there is concern about a major impact on healthcare if the increase continues. The number…
New star dropout – corona ravages Wimbledon
This is confirmed by the 17-seeded Spaniard himself on Instagram. “Yesterday I started to feel bad, and I have now tested positive for corona. The symptoms are not serious, but…
Podcast Broos episode 1: The environment doesn’t understand what it’s like
Broos also follows Wiljan de Jong, owner of café Domkop in the center of Utrecht. When he has to close his pub in mid-March 2020 due to the corona measures,…
Alarming RIVM memo about stalling care not shared with hospitals
Several experts, including Diederik Gommers (Erasmus MC and then chairman of the intensive care physicians), Bart Berden (Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital) and Jan Kluytmans (UMC Utrecht), are unpleasantly surprised and consider it…
GPs are concerned about new corona wave
In a letter to care minister Ernst Kuipers, various associations write that they miss the “urgency at the ministry to direct”. Because hospital staff is scarce, GPs expect more care…