Van Dissel: 'booster, booster, booster' to limit Omicron damage
3 years ago

Van Dissel: 'booster, booster, booster' to limit Omicron damage

Dutch News  

Jaap van Dissel, the head of the Dutch infectious disease prevention centre, has said the Netherlands needs to speed up its booster campaign to protect people against the Omicron variant of coronavirus. Van Dissel cited research in the UK that indicates the new variant was two to three times more infectious than the Delta variant. Studies also indicate that the AstraZeneca vaccine, which was only given to a small number of people in their early sixties in the Netherlands, offered no protection against Omicron, Van Dissel said. Van Dissel also said MPs should review the corona pass system used to allow people who have been vaccinated or tested negative to go into bars, cafes, cinemas and other venues.

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New coronavirus vaccination round starts in the Netherlands
3 months, 3 weeks ago

New coronavirus vaccination round starts in the Netherlands

Dutch News  

The government has launched a new coronavirus vaccination round for the over-60s and younger people with certain health conditions, and the first invitations for a jab arrived on Tuesday. Everyone over the age of 60 is being invited to have the vaccination by letter, while others considered to be at extra risk will be able to make an appointment via …

New coronavirus vaccination round starts in the Netherlands
3 months, 3 weeks ago

New coronavirus vaccination round starts in the Netherlands

Dutch News  

The government has launched a new coronavirus vaccination round for the over-60s and younger people with certain health conditions, and the first invitations for a jab arrived on Tuesday. Everyone over the age of 60 is being invited to have the vaccination by letter, while others considered to be at extra risk will be able to make an appointment via …

RIVM: No new Covid restrictions despite rising cases; NL unprepared for sharp increase
2 years, 2 months ago

RIVM: No new Covid restrictions despite rising cases; NL unprepared for sharp increase

NL Times  

It is not yet necessary to take extra measures against the spread of the coronavirus, Jaap van Dissel of the public health institute RIVM said in a briefing to parliament on Wednesday. Unenthusiastic vaccination turnout; Face masks should return, experts say Figures from the RIVM show that people who got their Covid-19 vaccinations and a booster shot are 47 percent …

Extra Covid-19 measures not yet necessary: Van Dissel
2 years, 5 months ago

Extra Covid-19 measures not yet necessary: Van Dissel

NL Times  

Despite a spike in hospital admissions of around 50 patients per day, RIVM director and Outbreak Management Team chair Jaap van Dissel said it is too early to predict what measures may be needed. The numbers are increasing somewhat, but that is not leading to major problems in hospitals at the moment," Van Dissel told De Gelderlander. Van Dissel advised …

WHO Says Second Booster Jab Beneficial For Vulnerable Population
2 years, 7 months ago

WHO Says Second Booster Jab Beneficial For Vulnerable Population

News 18  

An expert group convened by the World Health Organization says there may be some benefit in giving a second booster dose of coronavirus vaccine to the most vulnerable people amid the continuing global spread of omicron and its subvariants. The WHO said its expert group had assessed the limited data from seven studies for second booster doses of messenger RNA …

Travelling abroad this summer? You may still need a coronavirus pass
2 years, 7 months ago

Travelling abroad this summer? You may still need a coronavirus pass

Dutch News  

Regional health boards are expecting a run on coronavirus vaccinations heading into the summer now that the European Union has extended its vaccine passport for a year, the Telegraaf reported on Wednesday. ‘If the coronavirus entry pass remains in force in a certain country, then we expect the number of booster vaccinations to increase as we head towards the summer …

Travelling abroad this summer? You may still need a coronavirus pass
2 years, 7 months ago

Travelling abroad this summer? You may still need a coronavirus pass

Dutch News  

Regional health boards are expecting a run on coronavirus vaccinations heading into the summer now that the European Union has extended its vaccine passport for a year, the Telegraaf reported on Wednesday. ‘If the coronavirus entry pass remains in force in a certain country, then we expect the number of booster vaccinations to increase as we head towards the summer …

Booster does up protection against Omicron to 68%: RIVM research
2 years, 10 months ago

Booster does up protection against Omicron to 68%: RIVM research

Dutch News  

While vaccinations or a previous coronavirus infection provide less effective protection against the Omicron variant when compared with Delta, a booster does ensure renewed protection, according to new research by public health institute RIVM. After a booster vaccination, protection against infection with Delta rose to 93% and to 68% for Omicron, the RIVM research shows. ‘International research shows that protection …

More than half a million vaccine access passes will expire this week
2 years, 10 months ago

More than half a million vaccine access passes will expire this week

Dutch News  

More than half a million people who have had two coronavirus vaccines will still have to take a test to go into bars, restaurants and cinemas when new rules come into force on Friday. Coronavirus access passes will no longer be available for people who had their second dose more than nine months ago, while certificates proving recovery from a …

Too early to compare Omicron variant to the flu: Van Dissel
2 years, 11 months ago

Too early to compare Omicron variant to the flu: Van Dissel

NL Times  

Although studies have shown that the Omicron variant is milder than the Delta variant, chair of the Outbreak Management Team Jaap van Dissel said in an interview with NOS that it is too early to compare the coronavirus to the flu. "It is too soon to call it the flu," Van Dissel said. "There is no guarantee that will be …

Booster jab offers considerable protection against hospital, RIVM says
2 years, 11 months ago

Booster jab offers considerable protection against hospital, RIVM says

Dutch News  

Booster injections are extremely effective at preventing hospitalisations for coronavirus, says Dutch public health institute RIVM, after studying hospital figures over a two month period. The RIVM researchers said someone who had a booster had a five times lower chance of being admitted to hospital than someone who has been vaccinated, but not yet a third jab. The vaccine effectiveness …

Booster jab offers considerable protection against hospital, RIVM says
2 years, 11 months ago

Booster jab offers considerable protection against hospital, RIVM says

Dutch News  

Booster injections are extremely effective at preventing hospitalisations for coronavirus, says Dutch public health institute RIVM, after studying hospital figures over a two month period. The RIVM researchers said someone who had a booster had a five times lower chance of being admitted to hospital than someone who has been vaccinated, but not yet a third jab. The vaccine effectiveness …

Booster dose gives high levels of protection against infections from Omicron in older adults: UK study
2 years, 11 months ago

Booster dose gives high levels of protection against infections from Omicron in older adults: UK study

India Today  

A third top-up booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine provides high levels of protection against severe disease from the Omicron variant among older adults, a latest UK study concluded on Saturday. The UK Health Security Agency analysis showed that around three months after the third jab, protection against hospitalisation among those aged 65 and over remains at about 90 per …

Ten percent of vaccinated do not want third jab
2 years, 11 months ago

Ten percent of vaccinated do not want third jab

NL Times  

In the Netherlands, nearly a third of all adults have had the Covid-19 booster shot, but according to the Outbreak Management Team, around ten percent of people vaccinated against Covid-19 do not want a booster shot. "People need to know what the advantages of a third shot are," Ben van der Zeijnst, vaccinologist at the Leiden UMC told RTL Nieuws. …

COVID: Study suggests AstraZeneca booster works against Omicron
3 years ago

COVID: Study suggests AstraZeneca booster works against Omicron

Al Jazeera  

Findings from the study, which has yet to be peer reviewed, match those from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. AstraZeneca has said that a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine “significantly” lifted antibody levels against the Omicron coronavirus variant, citing data from a new laboratory study. Boosters ‘limit Omicron spread’ Oxford’s researchers analysed blood samples taken from individuals infected with COVID-19; those …

Van Dissel: Omicron responsible for up to 15% of infections and rising fast
3 years ago

Van Dissel: Omicron responsible for up to 15% of infections and rising fast

Dutch News  

Coronavirus infections and hospital admissions are continuing to decline, but the rapid spread of the Omicron variant poses a serious risk, health chiefs said on Tuesday. Jaap van Dissel, director of the centre for disease control at the public health agency RIVM, said the new variant was currently responsible for between 10 and 15% of infections, but cases were doubling …

Van Dissel: Omicron responsible for up to 15% of infections and rising fast
3 years ago

Van Dissel: Omicron responsible for up to 15% of infections and rising fast

Dutch News  

Coronavirus infections and hospital admissions are continuing to decline, but the rapid spread of the Omicron variant poses a serious risk, health chiefs said on Tuesday. Jaap van Dissel, director of the centre for disease control at the public health agency RIVM, said the new variant was currently responsible for between 10 and 15% of infections, but cases were doubling …

Dutch set to announce new lockdown, press conference at 7pm Saturday
3 years ago

Dutch set to announce new lockdown, press conference at 7pm Saturday

Dutch News  

Prime minister Mark Rutte has called a press conference on Saturday evening to announce tough new measures to brake the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. Rutte and health minister Hugo de Jonge will be joined by Jaap van Dissel, head of the public health institute RIVM, at the 7pm meeting, broadcaster NOS reported. Van Dissel estimates Omicron could …

Dutch set to announce new lockdown, press conference at 7pm Saturday
3 years ago

Dutch set to announce new lockdown, press conference at 7pm Saturday

Dutch News  

Prime minister Mark Rutte has called a press conference on Saturday evening to announce tough new measures to brake the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. Rutte and health minister Hugo de Jonge will be joined by Jaap van Dissel, head of the public health institute RIVM, at the 7pm meeting, broadcaster NOS reported. Van Dissel estimates Omicron could …

Press conference about new measures likely on Saturday evening
3 years ago

Press conference about new measures likely on Saturday evening

Dutch News  

There is ‘very likely’ to be a press conference to announce tough new measures to combat the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus on Saturday evening, Dutch media are reporting. Health minister Hugo de Jonge and prime minister Mark Rutte earlier made it clear they would not hesitate to impose more measures if the OMT thinks it necessary. Jaap …

Press conference about new measures likely on Saturday evening
3 years ago

Press conference about new measures likely on Saturday evening

Dutch News  

There is ‘very likely’ to be a press conference to announce tough new measures to combat the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus on Saturday evening, Dutch media are reporting. Health minister Hugo de Jonge and prime minister Mark Rutte earlier made it clear they would not hesitate to impose more measures if the OMT thinks it necessary. Jaap …

All adults should receive booster vaccine by end January: Gommers, Koopmans
3 years ago

All adults should receive booster vaccine by end January: Gommers, Koopmans

NL Times  

Members of the Outbreak Management Team Marion Koopmans and Diederik Gommers said the best way to fight the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant is by making sure all adults receive the Covid-19 booster shot as soon as possible. The experts said until more is known about the Omicron variant moving forth with the booster vaccination campaign is essential. "You …

EU leaders urge booster shots, seek coordinated travel rules
3 years ago

EU leaders urge booster shots, seek coordinated travel rules

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — European Union leaders agreed Thursday that administering booster shots is “urgent” and “crucial” to tackle the surge of coronavirus infections across the continent and the emergence of the new omicron variant. “The one answer to the omicron right now is the acceleration of our vaccination program, with a particular emphasis to the booster shots,” Mitsotakis said. “In Greece, …

Van Dissel: 'booster, booster, booster' to limit Omicron damage
3 years ago

Van Dissel: 'booster, booster, booster' to limit Omicron damage

Dutch News  

Jaap van Dissel, the head of the Dutch infectious disease prevention centre, has said the Netherlands needs to speed up its booster campaign to protect people against the Omicron variant of coronavirus. Van Dissel cited research in the UK that indicates the new variant was two to three times more infectious than the Delta variant. Studies also indicate that the …

Omicron variant expected to dominate in Europe by mid-January
3 years ago

Omicron variant expected to dominate in Europe by mid-January

LA Times  

The head of the European Union’s executive branch said Wednesday that Omicron is expected to be the dominant coronavirus variant in the 27-nation bloc by mid-January, amid concerns that a dramatic rise of infections will leave Europe shrouded in gloom during the festive season. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, however, that the bloc was well-prepared to fight …

Omicron dominant Covid variant in Netherlands by January: Health institute
3 years ago

Omicron dominant Covid variant in Netherlands by January: Health institute

NL Times  

The Omicron variant of the coronavirus will probably displace the Delta variant as the most common variant in the Netherlands in early January. If that estimate is correct, that could translate to 600 hospital admissions per day for the Netherlands, said Van Dissel. Van Dissel also said that people vaccinated twice with the AstraZeneca vaccine do not seem to be …

Dutch speed up coronavirus booster campaign, cut waiting time to three months
3 years ago

Dutch speed up coronavirus booster campaign, cut waiting time to three months

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is to start giving people coronavirus booster vaccinations more quickly and cutting the time lag after the last regular dose from six months to three. The decision to embark on this ‘mega operation’ has been taken because of the uncertainty created by the Omicron virus, De Jonge said. ‘But it is more resistant to immunity and a new …

Dutch speed up coronavirus booster campaign, cut waiting time to three months
3 years ago

Dutch speed up coronavirus booster campaign, cut waiting time to three months

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is to start giving people coronavirus booster vaccinations more quickly and cutting the time lag after the last regular dose from six months to three. The decision to embark on this ‘mega operation’ has been taken because of the uncertainty created by the Omicron virus, De Jonge said. ‘But it is more resistant to immunity and a new …

Omicron more transmissible and reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe severe symptoms: WHO
3 years ago

Omicron more transmissible and reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe severe symptoms: WHO

Firstpost  

Countries with sufficient vaccine supplies such as Britain and France have encouraged their populations to receive a third ‘booster’ jab to fight Omicron. Geneva: The Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible than the Delta strain and reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe symptoms according to early data, the World Health Organization said Sunday. Early evidence suggests Omicron causes “a …

Boosters give up to 75 percent protection from mild Omicron: UK
3 years ago

Boosters give up to 75 percent protection from mild Omicron: UK

Al Jazeera  

Booster COVID-19 vaccine shots give an estimated 70 percent to 75 percent protection against mild disease from the new Omicron variant, according to the United Kingdom’s Health Security Agency, citing initial findings from a real-world study. The early data suggest that while Omicron could greatly reduce protection against mild disease from an initial two-dose vaccination course, boosters restored the protection …

Dutch delay shift to 2G, citing Omicron uncertainties and lack of support
3 years ago

Dutch delay shift to 2G, citing Omicron uncertainties and lack of support

Dutch News  

The Dutch government has decided to delay plans to exclude people who have not been vaccinated against coronavirus from cafes, bars and concerts because of a lack of political support. In addition, the plan to extend use of the coronavirus pass to more sectors has also been put on the back burner, health minister Hugo de Jonge has told MPs …

Dutch delay shift to 2G, citing Omicron uncertainties and lack of support
3 years ago

Dutch delay shift to 2G, citing Omicron uncertainties and lack of support

Dutch News  

The Dutch government has decided to delay plans to exclude people who have not been vaccinated against coronavirus from cafes, bars and concerts because of a lack of political support. In addition, the plan to extend use of the coronavirus pass to more sectors has also been put on the back burner, health minister Hugo de Jonge has told MPs …

Dutch won't change travel rules yet, talks are under way at an EU level
3 years ago

Dutch won't change travel rules yet, talks are under way at an EU level

Dutch News  

The Dutch cabinet has decided to not yet implement advice from public health institute RIVM to make sure everyone coming to the Netherlands has a negative coronavirus test to travel, even those who have been vaccinated. The RIVM is also recommending that unvaccinated passengers from outside the EU should also go into quarantine and that everyone take a self-test on …

Dutch won't change travel rules yet, talks are under way at an EU level
3 years ago

Dutch won't change travel rules yet, talks are under way at an EU level

Dutch News  

The Dutch cabinet has decided to not yet implement advice from public health institute RIVM to make sure everyone coming to the Netherlands has a negative coronavirus test to travel, even those who have been vaccinated. The RIVM is also recommending that unvaccinated passengers from outside the EU should also go into quarantine and that everyone take a self-test on …

Facing Omicron threat, CDC says all adults should get COVID-19 booster vaccine
3 years ago

Facing Omicron threat, CDC says all adults should get COVID-19 booster vaccine

LA Times  

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday strengthened its recommendations on who should get boosters. “Early data from South Africa suggest increased transmissibility of the Omicron variant.” The CDC‘s previous guidelines, last updated Nov. 19, recommended booster shots for adults 50 and older, and made all younger, healthier adults age 18 to 49 eligible for booster shots …

Dutch start coronavirus vaccine booster campaign with the over 80s
3 years, 1 month ago

Dutch start coronavirus vaccine booster campaign with the over 80s

Dutch News  

The Netherlands started its coronavirus booster vaccination campaign on Thursday, with the over 80s and hospital staff first in line for the top-up jab. The government decided to back booster jabs following reports which show the efficacy of vaccines does go down among older people over time. More cases Another 20,829 coronavirus cases were confirmed in the 24 hours to …

Dutch start coronavirus vaccine booster campaign with the over 80s
3 years, 1 month ago

Dutch start coronavirus vaccine booster campaign with the over 80s

Dutch News  

The Netherlands started its coronavirus booster vaccination campaign on Thursday, with the over 80s and hospital staff first in line for the top-up jab. The government decided to back booster jabs following reports which show the efficacy of vaccines does go down among older people over time. More cases Another 20,829 coronavirus cases were confirmed in the 24 hours to …

Coronavirus booster jabs for over-80s will start in December
3 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus booster jabs for over-80s will start in December

Dutch News  

Booster jabs for people over 80 will not be available until the start of December, the umbrella body for Dutch regional health boards has said. Jaap van Dissel, the public health agency RIVM’s head of infectious disease control, told a technical briefing in parliament on Wednesday that the vaccines given earlier in the year may be starting to wane. Van …

Coronavirus booster jabs for over-80s will start in December
3 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus booster jabs for over-80s will start in December

Dutch News  

Booster jabs for people over 80 will not be available until the start of December, the umbrella body for Dutch regional health boards has said. Jaap van Dissel, the public health agency RIVM’s head of infectious disease control, told a technical briefing in parliament on Wednesday that the vaccines given earlier in the year may be starting to wane. Van …

Patience is running out: Seven in 10 back specific rules for the unvaccinated
3 years, 1 month ago

Patience is running out: Seven in 10 back specific rules for the unvaccinated

Dutch News  

Over seven in 10 people in the Netherlands think the government should bring in specific measures to deal with the number of people who have not been vaccinated against coronavirus, according to a poll of 28,000 people by television current affairs show EenVandaag. Nevertheless, several members of the government’s Outbreak Management Team have told news website Nu.nl that they do …

Patience is running out: Seven in 10 back specific rules for the unvaccinated
3 years, 1 month ago

Patience is running out: Seven in 10 back specific rules for the unvaccinated

Dutch News  

Over seven in 10 people in the Netherlands think the government should bring in specific measures to deal with the number of people who have not been vaccinated against coronavirus, according to a poll of 28,000 people by television current affairs show EenVandaag. Nevertheless, several members of the government’s Outbreak Management Team have told news website Nu.nl that they do …

No lockdown expected for the winter: Outbreak Team chair
3 years, 2 months ago

No lockdown expected for the winter: Outbreak Team chair

NL Times  

Despite increasing coronavirus infections, Outbreak Management Team chairman Jaap van Dissel expects that lockdown measures like school closures or a curfew will not be necessary this coming winter. The OMT chairman finds it difficult to indicate whether we should be concerned now that the number of hospital admissions and coronavirus infections is rising. "That is more difficult to estimate than …

KPMG criticises Dutch coronavirus strategy, intervention was often too late
3 years, 2 months ago

KPMG criticises Dutch coronavirus strategy, intervention was often too late

Dutch News  

Some 18 months after the start of the crisis, accountancy group KPMG has published a critical report on the Dutch approach to tackling coronavirus. Some 24,000 more people died in the Netherlands that would have been statistically expected but there were hardly any excess deaths in Denmark, Norway and Finland, KPMG health economist David Ikkersheim said. And while the Netherlands, …

Dutch lift social distancing, target non-vaccinated at work
3 years, 3 months ago

Dutch lift social distancing, target non-vaccinated at work

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is dropping social distancing as a requirement from September 25 but is also looking into giving employers more powers to determine if their workforce has been vaccinated, Dutch health minister Hugo de Jonge told reporters on Tuesday evening. In order to drop the 1.5 metres rule, the government’s Outbreak Management Team has recommended introducing the coronavirus pass for …

Dutch lift social distancing, target non-vaccinated at work
3 years, 3 months ago

Dutch lift social distancing, target non-vaccinated at work

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is dropping social distancing as a requirement from September 25 but is also looking into giving employers more powers to determine if their workforce has been vaccinated, Dutch health minister Hugo de Jonge told reporters on Tuesday evening. In order to drop the 1.5 metres rule, the government’s Outbreak Management Team has recommended introducing the coronavirus pass for …

Dutch Health Council officially recommends extra Covid booster for some with immune disorders
3 years, 3 months ago

Dutch Health Council officially recommends extra Covid booster for some with immune disorders

NL Times  

The Dutch Health Council advised an extra Covid-19 vaccine dose for people with serious immune disorders, to give their immune system a boost in protecting against the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The Health Council also advised that preparations should be made to eventually also give other groups a booster vaccination, in case the vaccines' effectiveness in preventing …

Coronavirus Booster Shots Can Help Vulnerable, WHO Europe Head Says
3 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus Booster Shots Can Help Vulnerable, WHO Europe Head Says

News 18  

A coronavirus booster shot is a way to keep the most vulnerable safe and not a luxury robbing people who have yet to have even a single jab, a senior World Health Organization official said on Monday. The comments from WHO Europe head Hans Kluge appeared to be more positive than the U.N. health body’s past assessments of the third …

Covid-19 vaccination rate among young people will play key role for rest of crisis: RIVM
3 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19 vaccination rate among young people will play key role for rest of crisis: RIVM

NL Times  

The vaccination rate among young people will play an important role in how the rest of the coronavirus crisis develops, director of the Center Infectious Disease Control at the RIVM Jaap van Dissel and RIVM chief modeler Jacco Wallinga told NOS. “There is a certain stability in the Netherlands but there is an underlying dynamic that will determine the developments …

Parties support contribution towards test for access for unvaccinated
3 years, 4 months ago

Parties support contribution towards test for access for unvaccinated

Dutch News  

A small majority of MPs have supported a plan to charge people for coronavirus tests in order to access events. Although those who are unable to have a vaccine for some reason may have an exemption, people who have simply chosen not to be vaccinated will probably have to pay towards tests. Caretaker health minister Hugo de Jonge told a …

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