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The top football players in the Netherlands joined Dutch football association KNVB and ING to create an 11 million euro fund to help rescue the country’s professional and amateur football organizations. All football play has been on hold since March 12, as the coronavirus pandemic took hold of the country.Submitted by Jamie de Geir on April 6, … Continue reading “Top Dutch footballers join €11 million football rescue fund”

The number of coronavirus related hospital admissions in the Netherlands rose by 260, according to figures released by public health institute RIVM on Monday. That brings the total hospitalizations to 7,135. Another 101 people succumbed to the disease, bringing the death toll up to 1,867.Submitted by Janene Pieters on April 6, 2020 – 13:50

The number of coronavirus related hospital admissions in the Netherlands rose by 260, according to figures released by public health institute RIVM on Monday. That brings the total hospitalizations to 7,135. Another 101 people succumbed to the disease, bringing the death toll up to 1,867.Submitted by Janene Pieters on April 6, 2020 – 13:50

Homeowners in the Netherlands will see their housing costs increase by 5 percent this year, according to new figures from the University of Groningen’s center for research into lower governments’ economy COELO. On average, homeowners will pay 776 euros to their municipality this year. Tenants’ housing costs will amount to 389 euros this year on … Continue reading “Homeowners to see housing costs increase 5% this year”

The coronavirus crisis in the Netherlands doesn’t mean the government forgot to do its monthly test of the emergency sirens. The sirens are always tested at noon on the first Monday of the month, and that also happened today. The monthly tests of the sirens are only skipped on national holidays, on Remembrance Day, and … Continue reading “Monthly emergency siren tests continue despite coronavirus measures”

Starting on Monday, the number of daily tests for Covid-19 performed in the Netherlands will be scaled up. Currently some 4 thousand tests per day are done for the coronavirus. In the coming days and weeks, that will be more than quadrupled to about 17,500 tests per day.Submitted by Janene Pieters on April 6, 2020 … Continue reading “Netherlands expanding Covid-19 testing from today”

Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak in the Netherlands, at least 11 couples have died of the virus, AD reports based on its own research. Losing multiple family members at the same time can make mourning for them extra complicated, clinical psychologist Jos de Keijser said to the newspaper. From Monday, Victim Support Netherlands … Continue reading “At least 11 couples in NL killed by coronavirus; Victim Support to aid affected families”

Netherlands residents are divided about how to deal with the coronavirus crisis in combination with the climate crisis. 13 percent think that all attention must now be given to fighting Covid-19, and the fight against climate change should be put on the back burner. But 28 percent see the coronavirus crisis as an opportunity to … Continue reading “Quarter of Dutch see coronavirus as a chance to make a positive impact on the climate”

It may well take more than two years for the Netherlands to find its way out of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the most promising ‘exit strategy’ a team of around 40 epidemiologists, psychologists, mathematicians, and modelers from all over the country could come up with, NRC reports. Submitted by Janene Pieters on April 6, 2020 … Continue reading “Netherlands could be dealing with coronavirus pandemic for over 2 years: report”

“Don’t worry about a thing. Cause every little thing’s gonna be alright.” The song Three Little Birds by Bob Marley, a long time favorite of Ajax fans, became a note of positivity in the coronavirus crisis in Amsterdam on Sunday evening. Residents across the Dutch capital sang the song together at 7:00 p.m. Submitted by … Continue reading “Video: Amsterdam sings Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds”

One restaurant in Amsterdam Oost was struck by gunfire three separate times in a one-week period leading up to Saturday. There were no injuries in any of the incidents on Borneosteiger. In the most recent case, which took place Saturday at about 3:10 a.m., the glass front door was destroyed after having been hit by … Continue reading “One Amsterdam restaurant hit by bullets in 3 incidents; One hurt in Hoogeveen shooting;”

Some 336 more people who tested positive for coronavirus required treatment in Dutch hospitals, the lowest reported increase in new hospitalizations linked to the virus since March 26. The data represents several days of admissions data, which brings the total number of people in the Netherlands who were hospitalized with coronavirus up to 6,622.Submitted by Zack Newmark … Continue reading “Coronavirus: New hospitalizations decrease, 164 more killed”

About 67 percent of people believe the coronavirus restrictions in place in the Netherlands will last for six months or a year, a survey of Dutch people showed. The report, released by I&O Research, showed that about a third of the public was already concerned about their personal financial situations, less than three weeks after … Continue reading “Coronavirus measures likely to last at least 6 months: Survey; Most demand small business support”

Amsterdam is restricting access to its parks and canals over the weekend. Enforcement officers have also been instructed not to be lenient with people caught breaking the social distancing rules in place to curb the spread of coronavirus Covid-19, Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema said to Het Parool.Submitted by Janene Pieters on April 3, 2020 – … Continue reading “Amsterdam to restrict access to parks, canals over warm weekend”

Another 148 patients in the Netherlands who tested positive for coronavirus have died. The total number of infected people in the country who have passed away stood at 1,487 on Friday afternoon. The country’s top health agency also registered 1,026 more cases where someone tested positive for the virus. In the Netherlands, 15,723 people have been confirmed … Continue reading “Slight decline in Covid-19 ICU patients while death toll rises to 1,487”

The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) launched an app that collects data about symptoms and human behavior. With this COVID Radar app, the hospital wants to get a good and current picture of how the cronavirus is spreading in the Netherlands. Users of the app will be asked to answer 15 questions about their health … Continue reading “Leiden university hospital app to track Covid-19 spread in NL”

The coronavirus crisis is also having an effect on the the Netherlands’ criminal underworld. The police received information that planned assassinations are being postponed after social distancing measures were implemented to curb the spread of Covid-19, Jan Struijs of police union NPB said to the Telegraaf. According to Struijs, the slow down in murder attempts … Continue reading “Coronavirus also slowing down criminal assassination attempts: report”

Social distancing measures implemented to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the Netherlands resulted a massive decrease in visits to retail and recreation businesses, as well as public transit stations, according to mobility trends released by Google, using the same anonymous data used for products like Google Maps.Submitted by Janene Pieters on April 3, 2020 – 09:06

As of 8:00 a.m. on Friday, a total of 1,198 people were being treated for coronavirus Covid-19 in intensive care units at hospitals across the Netherlands, according to figures released by foundation NICE. 74 Dutch hospitals have at least one coronavirus patient in their ICU. A total of 1,629 Covid-19 patients have been treated in … Continue reading “Coronavirus ICU admissions climb to 1,198”

Almost all Netherlands residents say that they adhere to the rules and regulations in place to curb the spread of coronavirus Covid-19, according to a survey of more than 2,300 Dutch by I&O Research and the University of Twente. 99 percent of respondents said the keep 1.5 meters apart, 97 percent wash their hands more … Continue reading “Almost all Dutch say they’re sticking to anti-coronavirus rules”

Three of the five remaining coal-fired power plants in the Netherlands will see either their production scale back dramatically or their facilities close altogether in order to curb greenhouse gas emissions in the country. The Cabinet agreed to the measure on Friday, undisclosed sources told broadcaster NOS nearly a week later. Submitted by Byron Mühlberg … Continue reading “Coal power could be dramatically cut as Dutch want climate action despite pandemic”

The Amsterdam Concertgebouw orchestra will live-stream a performance of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, conducted by Ivan Fischer, on Friday. The performance will start at 7:00 p.m. and can be watched on the Amsterdam Concertgebouw’s website, YouTube channel or Facebook page.Submitted by Janene Pieters on April 2, 2020 – 16:00

The number of coronavirus related deaths in the Netherlands topped 1,300 on Thursday. Public health institute RIVM reported that another 166 people died of Covid-19, bringing the total deaths up to 1,339.Submitted by Janene Pieters on April 2, 2020 – 14:06

Healthcare workers in the Netherlands are still facing a shortage of protective gear to protect them against the spread of coronavirus Covid-91, as well as a shortage of disinfectants, according to a survey by NU’91, the association for nurses and carers. At the same time, new research from TU Delft determined that many types of medical … Continue reading “Still a shortage of medical masks, but researchers figure out safe reuse method”

Healthcare workers in the Netherlands are still facing a shortage of protective gear to protect them against the spread of coronavirus Covid-91, as well as a shortage of disinfectants, according to a survey by NU’91, the association for nurses and carers. The questionnaire was completed 6,500 times. In 92 percent of cases, there was insufficient access … Continue reading “Netherlands still facing shortage of medical masks, disinfectants: healthcare assoc.”