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RIVM picks new leadership team for Covid vaccine program

Jaap van Delden is leaving his position as the Covid-19 vaccination program director at public health agency RIVM, the organization announced on Monday. Van Delden was recently at the receiving end of criticism for saying that the Netherlands would not move forward with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, at a time when the country's leadership was also promoting the vaccination of …

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GP's angry RIVM vaccine leader slammed AstraZeneca

A number of general physicians expressed their dissatisfaction over an interview in which RIVM Covid-19 vaccination program director Jaap van Delden said that millions of doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine destined for the Netherlands will likely be given away to other countries. Van Delden said that any of the AstraZeneca vaccine doses which arrive after mid-May would not be …

The end for the AstraZeneca vaccine in the Netherlands might be in sight

The millions of doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine that the Netherlands will receive after mid-May will mostly not be used, predicts the head of vaccinations at the Dutch public health center RIVM, Jaap van Delden. Van Delden admits to the newspaper that the government does not know exactly how many injections have been performed so far, because the registration of …

RIVM: Adults will have to take the Covid vaccine they’re given

Adults living in the Netherlands will not be able to choose which Covid-19 vaccine they receive as long as there is a shortage in the supply of vaccine doses. That could lead to missing targets and not getting enough adults vaccinated by the summer, said Jaap van Delden from the public health agency RIVM on Thursday. Van Delden was however …