Brief economic corona news from December 1
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – December 1, 2020
- The RIVM reports 4073 new corona infections on Tuesday, 530 fewer than Monday. There are 187 new corona patients admitted to hospital, 53 more than Monday.
- If the EMA approves the various corona vaccines, vaccinations can start in the Netherlands from January 4. That says Minister De Jonge on Twitter. According to the Financial Times EMA will receive approval for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on December 29 and the Moderna coronavirus vaccine on January 12.
- Pfizer and BioNTech have applied for a license to approve the coronavirus vaccine from the European Medicines Agency (EMA). That reports ReutersThe group has made similar requests to British and US authorities.
- In April, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport ignored an offer to process approximately sixty thousand corona tests per day. This is evident from a reconstruction of NRCThis involved capacity at Dutch laboratories in the biotechnology industry.
- The UN expects the number of people worldwide dependent on humanitarian aid to increase by 40 percent in 2021 due to the corona pandemic will increaseAccording to estimates, this amounts to 235 million people.
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