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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.

Building blocks for a definition of microplastics

The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, RIVM has described building blocks for a definition of microplastics.

Jacco Wallinga appointed extraordinary Professor at LUMC

From 1 September, Jacco Wallinga will hold the chair in Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases at the department of Medical Statistics and Bio-informatics of the Leiden University Medical Ce

Little incentive from pharmaceutical legislation to promote alternatives to animal testing

Current pharmaceutical legislation does not impose any legal constraints on the use of alternatives to animal testing, but neither does it actively encourage the use of these alternatives.