Quarter of Dutch see coronavirus as a chance to make a positive impact on the climate
4 years, 9 months ago

Quarter of Dutch see coronavirus as a chance to make a positive impact on the climate

NL Times  

Netherlands residents are divided about how to deal with the coronavirus crisis in combination with the climate crisis. But 28 percent see the coronavirus crisis as an opportunity to rebuild the Netherlands in a more sustainable way, according to a survey by I&O Research. That brings the Netherlands to a pretty much equally divided 51 percent for putting the climate policy on hold and 43 percent for continuing the fight against climate change through the coronavirus crisis. 47 percent of Netherlands residents agreed that airlines and Schiphol must take measures to become more sustainable before they become eligible for state aid. Sixty percent of Netherlands residents experience the coronavirus crisis as a moment to think about society and the economy and how this can be better structured in the future, according to the researchers.

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Dutch gov't blind to long-term consequences of coronavirus approach: Dutch Safety Board
1 year, 2 months ago

Dutch gov't blind to long-term consequences of coronavirus approach: Dutch Safety Board

NL Times  

During the coronavirus pandemic, the Dutch government was so focused on keeping acute care available that it was blind to the other effects of its coronavirus policy. By focusing its policy on available ICU places, the government ignored other issues like health problems due to delayed care, Long Covid, and broader social problems. “During the coronavirus crisis, the Cabinet stuck …

Netherlands not prepared for Covid-19 outbreak in the fall: experts
2 years, 8 months ago

Netherlands not prepared for Covid-19 outbreak in the fall: experts

NL Times  

With hardly any restrictions in place, the coronavirus seems to have slipped from public consciousness. I don’t think that new structure will be in place this fall,” Anja Schreijer, former Outbreak Management Team member and former Head of the Infectious Disease Control Department at the GGD Amsterdam explained. “The demand is 600 million euros, the Cabinet has promised 300 million.” …

More support for Covid policy as relaxations loom
2 years, 10 months ago

More support for Covid policy as relaxations loom

NL Times  

With Health Minister Ernst Kuipers expected to announce relaxation of the coronavirus measures tonight, support for the government's approach to the pandemic is rising. 51 percent of Netherlands residents support the government's policy, compared to 45 percent a month ago, I&O Research found in a survey of over 2,300 adult Netherlands residents for broadcaster NOS. 85 percent of respondents want …

Dutch Covid policy must change, mayors say in call for help
2 years, 11 months ago

Dutch Covid policy must change, mayors say in call for help

NL Times  

The mayors of about 30 cities asked the Cabinet to fundamentally revise the coronavirus policy in a cry for help. It puts too much pressure on citizens and local governments, mayors Femke Halsema and Paul Depla wrote in an opinion piece in the Volkskrant, partly on behalf of their colleagues. With so many citizens on the verge of drowning, the …

Confidence in Dutch coronavirus strategy hits all time low
3 years ago

Confidence in Dutch coronavirus strategy hits all time low

Dutch News  

Support for the government’s strategy to deal with coronavirus is now at an all-time low, with just 16% of people positive about what ministers are doing, according to the latest survey by public health institute RIVM. Yet even though 39% were neutral about the approach and 46% negative, the pandemic rules, such as working from home and keeping your distance, …

Coronavirus risk level in several Dutch regions could be downgraded next week
3 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus risk level in several Dutch regions could be downgraded next week

NL Times  

The number of people diagnosed as being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has fallen acutely over the last five days, and the drop could be enough to reduce the warning levels in over a half-dozen regions of the Netherlands. The risk levels are assessed based on number of infections per 100 thousand residents, and the number of Covid-19 hospitalizations each …

Netherlands among countries emerging most strongly from the crisis, Dutch PM says
3 years, 6 months ago

Netherlands among countries emerging most strongly from the crisis, Dutch PM says

NL Times  

The Netherlands might be one of the first countries in the western world to recover from the coronavirus crisis, Dutch Prime Minister Rutte suggested. Rutte said the Netherlands was "in a very good shape" despite the serious consequences of the ongoing health crisis. This was largely due to the billions in coronavirus aid packages quickly set up last year, and …

The Netherlands is on the right track to overcoming coronavirus crisis: RIVM
3 years, 6 months ago

The Netherlands is on the right track to overcoming coronavirus crisis: RIVM

NL Times  

As Covid-19 vaccination figures rise and the summer is starting to get into full gear, coronavirus infection numbers have been steadily declining for the past weeks in the Netherlands. Director of Infectious Disease Control at the RIVM, Jaap van Dissel, and chief RIVM modeler, Jacco Wallinga said to NOS they are both optimistic that the Netherlands will continue making progress …

Dutch coronavirus infection risk set to go down, as vaccinations mount up
3 years, 7 months ago

Dutch coronavirus infection risk set to go down, as vaccinations mount up

Dutch News  

With the number of new coronavirus infections in the Netherlands dropping to under 2,000 on Sunday, and hospital admissions declining steadily, the official risk level for all of the Netherlands is set to go down in Tuesday’s review, the government’s coronavirus dashboard figures indicate. If the number of new infections falls below 100 per 100,000 people, the infection risk will …

Fourth coronavirus wave is unlikely, says chief government advisor
3 years, 7 months ago

Fourth coronavirus wave is unlikely, says chief government advisor

Dutch News  

While a fourth coronavirus wave is now unlikely, the Netherlands is not yet out of the woods when it comes to coping with the pandemic, government advisor Jaap van Dissel told the NRC in an interview. Van Dissel, who chairs the government’s Outbreak Management Team, told the paper that the crisis is not yet over, even though vaccination is a …

Netherlands may relax more coronavirus restrictions on June 5
3 years, 7 months ago

Netherlands may relax more coronavirus restrictions on June 5

NL Times  

The Dutch government could press forward with the third step of its lockdown easing plan on Saturday, June 5, four days earlier than planned. Restrictions involved in that stage include allowing many cafes and restaurants to serve customers indoors, permitting indoor cultural institutions to open back up, and allowing people to host a maximum of four guests in their home …

A year after coronavirus: Dutch say they’re tired and lack confidence in vaccination policy
3 years, 10 months ago

A year after coronavirus: Dutch say they’re tired and lack confidence in vaccination policy

NL Times  

With the Netherlands facing the one-year mark of the coronavirus crisis, people are tired and yearn for more social contacts. It also appears that people in the Netherlands have little faith in the country's vaccination policy. With 30,000 panel members, the opinion panel looked back on the past corona year and forward to a way out of the crisis. The …

NL residents' confidence in Covid policy dwindling
3 years, 10 months ago

NL residents' confidence in Covid policy dwindling

NL Times  

Less than half of Netherlands residents believe that the curfew and one visitor per day limit help to fight the spread of the coronavirus, and that the government is properly weighing social interests when determining coronavirus policy, according to the latest ongoing survey by the Behavioral Unit of public health institute RIVM. Still, 92 percent are in their homes by …

Over half of NL residents unhappy with Covid policy
3 years, 11 months ago

Over half of NL residents unhappy with Covid policy

NL Times  

The Dutch government is quickly losing support for the way in which it is handling the coronavirus pandemic. By New Year's that dropped to only 45 percent, the Volkskrant reported based on the latest RIVM survey on the pandemic. Netherlands residents feel that other countries are responding better to the pandemic than the Dutch government. Around New Year's 55 percent …

Over 80% of NL residents worried about climate change: ABN Amro
4 years, 1 month ago

Over 80% of NL residents worried about climate change: ABN Amro

NL Times  

82 percent of Netherlands residents are worried about climate change, according to a survey by Ipsos for ABN Amro. Two in five Dutch said that the coronavirus crisis should be a "wake-up" call for doing something about the climate, NU.nl reports. "Now that society has to be reshaped anyway, 56 percent of the Dutch think that now is the time …

No complete Covid lockdown expected for hard-hit Dutch regions: report
4 years, 2 months ago

No complete Covid lockdown expected for hard-hit Dutch regions: report

NL Times  

Regions that still have high coronavirus infection figures, such as Rotterdam and Dordrecht, will likely not see any extra measures imposed on them at this stage, sources told ANP and NOS after reports in AD. Last week the government warned that regions that don't have the coronavirus under control will face what amounts to a full lockdown, with measures such …

70% of NL residents willing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus
4 years, 4 months ago

70% of NL residents willing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus

NL Times  

71 percent of Netherlands residents are willing to et vaccinated if a properly working vaccine against the coronavirus becomes available, according to a survey Ipsos did among a representative group of over a thousand Dutch on behalf of Nieuwsuur. 13 percent said they won't get vaccinated, and 16 percent said they're not sure yet. Doubts about safety and the effectiveness …

Dutch are more divided on coronavirus strategy, new survey shows
4 years, 4 months ago

Dutch are more divided on coronavirus strategy, new survey shows

Dutch News  

The Dutch are becoming increasingly divided in their attitude to the government’s strategy to deal with coronavirus, according to research by Markteffect and commissioned by the AD. On one hand, 43% say the government is not doing enough to combat the virus – compared with just 22% in the March survey. The government on Tuesday announced several new ‘get tough’ …

Majority still support Dutch coronavirus measures, poll shows
4 years, 4 months ago

Majority still support Dutch coronavirus measures, poll shows

Dutch News  

A large majority of Dutch are still behind the government’s coronavirus measures despite assertions to the contrary, an I&O Research poll among 3,650 people has shown. The poll, which comes ahead of Wednesday’s debate on the government’s chosen strategy – based on frequent had washing, social distancing and self-isolation in case of symptoms – will reassure prime minister Mark Rutte …

Strong support for Dutch coronavirus policy; Public split on face masks indoors
4 years, 4 months ago

Strong support for Dutch coronavirus policy; Public split on face masks indoors

NL Times  

The vast majority of Netherlands residents still support the Dutch government's approach to the coronavirus pandemic, though some of the specific measures against the spread of Covid-19 can count on less support. 75 percent of Netherlands residents support the government's general approach to the pandemic. Support for measures that has to do with public health has been declining steadily since …

Dutch government's coronavirus policy losing support
4 years, 6 months ago

Dutch government's coronavirus policy losing support

NL Times  

The government's policy to curb the spread of the coronavirus is losing the support of Netherlands residents. That dropped to 53 percent a week ago, and to 44 percent this week, according to the Namens Nederland survey, ANP reports. Minister Hugo de Jonge of Public Health previously said that for this app to be at its most effective, at least …

Over 70% want to keep clean air after coronavirus, but Cabinet cutting CO2 tax
4 years, 7 months ago

Over 70% want to keep clean air after coronavirus, but Cabinet cutting CO2 tax

NL Times  

Over 71 percent of Netherlands residents want to preserve the cleaner air created by large parts of the economy being shut down due to the coronavirus, and almost half are even willing to adjust their own travel behavior to achieve this, according to a representative survey by ABN Amro and Ipsos. At the same time, the Dutch government decided to …

13% of Netherlands' deaths Covid-19 related
4 years, 7 months ago

13% of Netherlands' deaths Covid-19 related

NL Times  

According to an international model, 12.9 percent of all deaths in the Netherlands are Covid-19 related, RIVM director Jaap van Dissel said to parliament on Wednesday. There are major international differences that lead to these coronavirus mortality percentages, Van Dissel said during the Tweede Kamer's weekly briefing on the state of affairs around the coronavirus. The total number of Netherlands …

Dutch still have faith in official approach to Covid-19
4 years, 7 months ago

Dutch still have faith in official approach to Covid-19

Dutch News  

The Dutch official death toll from coronavirus rose by 52 to 5,562 in Wednesday’s update by the public health institute RIVM. The RIVM has also published research showing 80% to 85% of the Dutch have confidence in the information provided by the health agency and in the government’s approach to tackling the crisis. Ten weeks on from the start of …

NL residents more confident in future as coronavirus measures ease
4 years, 7 months ago

NL residents more confident in future as coronavirus measures ease

NL Times  

Now that the Netherlands started to ease out of its coronavirus lockdown, its residents' confidence in the future is also starting to increase, according to a long-term survey by consultancy agency Citisens. A third feel more confident about the future now that there are relaxations, but 76 percent are really concerned about the economy," Harmen van Doorn of Citisens summarized …

Most Dutch in favor of relaxing lockdown rules
4 years, 8 months ago

Most Dutch in favor of relaxing lockdown rules

NL Times  

About 75 percent of Netherlands residents want the measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus to be relaxed, according to a survey of over 100 thousand people in the Netherlands by NL2025, a collaboration of involved entrepreneurs, athletes, scientists, people from the art world, and others, ANP reports. Many Netherlands residents support taking other measures to limit the spread …

After coronavirus, let’s choose carefully which sectors we want to regrow – and which to let go of
4 years, 8 months ago

After coronavirus, let’s choose carefully which sectors we want to regrow – and which to let go of

The Independent  

As the government announced that lockdown restrictions would continue for at least another three weeks, the Office of Budget Responsibility, the Treasury’s official forecaster, made a bleak prediction. The explosion of mutual aid groups and public demonstrations of support for key workers emphasises this reorientation of our collective priorities away from consumption for consumption’s sake, and towards caring, green and …

Netherlands could be dealing with coronavirus pandemic for over 2 years: report
4 years, 9 months ago

Netherlands could be dealing with coronavirus pandemic for over 2 years: report

NL Times  

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. The good news is that there is a way out, professor of …

Coronavirus measures likely to last at least 6 months: Survey; Most demand small business support
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus measures likely to last at least 6 months: Survey; Most demand small business support

NL Times  

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. Most think a half-year of distancing is likely, but a fourth are more upbeat They found that 58 percent of people believed that the coronavirus measures like social distancing, bans on gatherings, …

Coal power could be dramatically cut as Dutch want climate action despite pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

Coal power could be dramatically cut as Dutch want climate action despite pandemic

NL Times  

With reporting by Janene Pieters. 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. This comes after the Supreme Court ruled in December of last year that emissions in the Netherlands must be reduced by …

Dutch to decide next week about extending corona measures
4 years, 9 months ago

Dutch to decide next week about extending corona measures

Dutch News  

The Dutch government will decide next Tuesday if measures to combat the spread of coronavirus should remain in place after April 6. Rutte said that the cabinet would decide whether to extend the April 6 deadline would be taken on the basis of science. Asked about hints that the situation in the Netherlands might be improving, Rutte said: ‘at the …

Dutch to decide next week about extending corona measures
4 years, 9 months ago

Dutch to decide next week about extending corona measures

Dutch News  

The Dutch government will decide next Tuesday if measures to combat the spread of coronavirus should remain in place after April 6. Rutte said that the cabinet would decide whether to extend the April 6 deadline would be taken on the basis of science. Asked about hints that the situation in the Netherlands might be improving, Rutte said: ‘at the …

Coronavirus to put Dutch economy in recession: Rabobank
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus to put Dutch economy in recession: Rabobank

NL Times  

The Covid-19 crisis will result in the Dutch economy shrinking by 0.2 percent this year, according to economists from Rabobank. "The crisis is affecting almost all sectors, but the biggest blows are in the construction, agriculture, hospitality, and transport sectors," the economists said. Although the business community is happy with the government's measures to prevent mass redundancies, they fear the …

Dutch coronavirus total leaps to 503, death toll rises by one
4 years, 9 months ago

Dutch coronavirus total leaps to 503, death toll rises by one

Dutch News  

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Netherlands rose by 121 to 503 on Wednesday, while the death toll increased by one to five, according to new figures from national health institute RIVM. The sharp rise is due to the inclusion of healthcare workers in Noord-Brabant following tests on 1,000 hospital staff with mild symptoms in an effort …

Dutch coronavirus total leaps to 503, death toll rises by one
4 years, 9 months ago

Dutch coronavirus total leaps to 503, death toll rises by one

Dutch News  

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Netherlands rose by 121 to 503 on Wednesday, while the death toll increased by one to five, according to new figures from national health institute RIVM. The sharp rise is due to the inclusion of healthcare workers in Noord-Brabant following tests on 1,000 hospital staff with mild symptoms in an effort …

Number of Dutch coronavirus patients rises to 321, no school for thousands
4 years, 10 months ago

Number of Dutch coronavirus patients rises to 321, no school for thousands

Dutch News  

The total number of coronavirus patients in the Netherlands has risen to 321, with 56 new cases in the last 24 hours, the public health agency RIVM announced on Monday. Prime minister Mark Rutte insisted that the Dutch economy can withstand the impact of coronavirus after stock markets dropped sharply on Monday morning. Shell’s share price fell by 21.3% in …

Number of Dutch coronavirus patients rises to 321, no school for thousands
4 years, 10 months ago

Number of Dutch coronavirus patients rises to 321, no school for thousands

Dutch News  

The total number of coronavirus patients in the Netherlands has risen to 321, with 56 new cases in the last 24 hours, the public health agency RIVM announced on Monday. Prime minister Mark Rutte insisted that the Dutch economy can withstand the impact of coronavirus after stock markets dropped sharply on Monday morning. Shell’s share price fell by 21.3% in …

Netherlands residents not panicked by coronavirus: survey
4 years, 10 months ago

Netherlands residents not panicked by coronavirus: survey

NL Times  

Netherlands residents are largely not concerned by the spread of the coronavirus Covid-19 in the country. On the question of whether people changed their lifestyles due to the virus, 39 percent said no, 32 percent said very slightly, and 24 percent said slightly. Only 11 percent of respondents said they did extra shopping due to Covid-19. 77 percent of respondents …

The Netherlands is well prepared for the coronavirus, health official says
4 years, 11 months ago

The Netherlands is well prepared for the coronavirus, health official says

Dutch News  

The Netherlands must take into account the fact that some people may become ill with the coronavirus, given it has now been identified in Europe, a senior Dutch public health official has told the Telegraaf. ‘In that sense, we are entirely dependent on how other countries deal with cases of infection,’ Jaap van Dissel, director of the infectious diseases unit …

The Netherlands is well prepared for the coronavirus, health official says
4 years, 11 months ago

The Netherlands is well prepared for the coronavirus, health official says

Dutch News  

The Netherlands must take into account the fact that some people may become ill with the coronavirus, given it has now been identified in Europe, a senior Dutch public health official has told the Telegraaf. ‘In that sense, we are entirely dependent on how other countries deal with cases of infection,’ Jaap van Dissel, director of the infectious diseases unit …

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