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Reminders for booster jab and repeat vaccination against COVID-19

Adults who have not yet had a booster jab or repeat vaccination against COVID-19 will receive a reminder letter from RIVM, starting Friday 8 July 2022.

SARS-CoV-2 infections rising less rapidly

39,283 positive COVID-19 tests were reported in the Netherlands last week*. That is an increase of 15% compared to the week before that. This means that the number of reported infections is still rising, but not as rapidly as in the previous weeks.

Operations postponed due to pandemic result in 320,000 healthy life years lost

The COVID-19 pandemic caused over 305,000 operations to be postponed in 2020 and 2021 in the Netherlands.

Participation in National Immunisation Programme shows slight decrease

Participation in the National Immunisation Programme has fallen slightly, showing a decrease of 1 to 2 percentage points.

Pressure drainage can be a cost-effective technology to reduce CO2 emissions in peatland areas

Pressure drainage can in some cases help to reduce CO2 emissions in peatland areas. This intervention is very expensive and only cost-effective when it sufficiently reduces CO2 emissions.

Major loss of healthy life years due to long-term complaints after Lyme disease

The Netherlands is the first country where the burden of disease due to Lyme disease has been determined.

The number of STI tests keeps increasing

The number of clients tested for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) at Dutch STI clinics has increased since 2004.

Antibiotic resistance is stable, however, more resistant bacteria are expected

Over recent years, antibiotic resistance to most agents has remained stable in the Netherlands, and the use of antibiotics has slightly decreased.

Improving consumer exposure assessment to chemical substances

By combining the available international knowledge, the method to assess the extent to which consumers are exposed to chemical substances via everyday products such as paint, cleaning agents and co

RIVM seeks dialogue with Industry for safe and green chemistry

RIVM would like to explore possibilities to eliminate obstacles during innovation of green chemistry with industry.