Further dip in COVID-19 cases
By 10:00 this morning, there had been 4,129 new confirmed COVID-19 infections in the Netherlands.
That's according to the Dutch Health Department (RIVM). That's 775...
Curfew won’t affect trains, buses
It's official - from Saturday, 23 January, the Netherlands will have a curfew.
From that day, no-one is allowed to be outside their homes, without...
Celebrating carnival with decorations in Tongelre nursing home
To put up a 'colourful' fight against the coronavirus, the Vitalis Berckelhof nursing home in Tongelre, put up pieces of a Limburg carnival float.
Sylvia...
Rising numbers of COVID-19 variant cases overshadows positive trends
There have been several positive trends in COVID-19 case numbers in the Netherlands in recent weeks. The RIVM (National Institute for Public Health and...
Shop owner who refused to wear a mask jailed for assaulting police officers
The owner of the Delicious Store delicatessen on Eindhoven's Grote Berg has been sentenced to six weeks in prison after attacking two police officers....
Curfew goes into effect Saturday or Sunday, UK flights to be banned
Prime Minister Mark Rutte told a press conference on Wednesday afternoon that if the Lower House agrees, a curfew will go into effect Saturday...
Care group won’t change visiting hours
COVID-19 recently hit the Passaat nursing home in Eindhoven hard.
This caused the old dilemma to resurface - should retirement homes close their doors to...
Employees ASML and DAF to go on strike
Hundreds of employees of ASML and DAF will lay down their work on Thursday and Friday. They are demanding better pay.
The negotiations between the...
COVID-19 variants already pervasive
Infection numbers might be decreasing, and vaccinations have begun.
But the new COVID-19 variants seem to be gaining a foothold in the Netherlands. “They seem...
COVID-19 hits nursing home hard
Many of De Passaat's nursing home's elderly residents have been infected with this novel coronavirus.
Almost 95% (19 out of 20) of the residents from...
