Personal hygiene measures, such as not shaking hands, or using paper tissues, are not considered a problem by most Dutch people.

Emissions of greenhouse gases in the Netherlands were 3% lower in 2019 than in 2018.

The number of new nursing homes with COVID-19 patients is stabilising.

The Serology Task Force of the National Coordination Centre for Testing Capacity – a partnership between RIVM, hospitals and laboratories – has collected research results on rapid diagnostic tests

Now that the Cabinet is relaxing the measures to combat the novel coronavirus step by step, people will go outside more frequently. The chance of the virus spreading again will then increase.

To monitor the effect of the measures against the spread of the novel coronavirus, the time when reported COVID-19 patients became ill was examined.