Cabinet relaxes measures for shops, education and sports
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – January 13, 2022
- The RIVM reported 33,436 new positive corona tests on Thursday. That is 1318 more than on Wednesday.
- Non-essential shops will be allowed to reopen by appointment from Saturday. Vocational and higher education will also reopen for physical education. There will also be relaxations for contact professions and sports, but the hospitality industry will remain closed, reports RTL NewsA press conference will follow on Friday.
- European companies have invested as much in 2021 as before the corona crisis. Moreover, Dutch companies are responsible for most green investments. That the European Investment Bank reports.
- While the available supply of homes continues to dry up (-23 percent), house prices have risen sharply in the past quarter. In the last three months of 2021, the average house price in the Netherlands rose by 20.7 percent compared to the same period in 2020, reports the NVM. Houses also became up to 25 percent more expensive in regions outside the Randstad.
- A total of 29 companies, including FrieslandCampina, ABN AMRO, KLM and Tata Steel, have been called upon by Milieudefensie to present plans within three months to reduce their CO2 emissions. If they do not do so, the environmental organization is considering taking legal action. writes Trouw.
- The corona crisis has made the chip shortage more urgent temporarily, but the shortage has been in the market for some time. The reason is that more and more devices use chips. That says Peter Wennink, CEO of chip machine manufacturer ASML, to NU.nlWennink expects that the chip shortage will continue for the time being and that the great demand has been underestimated by everyone.
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