Brief economic corona news from December 15
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – December 15, 2020
- The RIVM reports a sharp increase in the number of positive corona tests. This is an increase of 36 percent compared to a week earlier. Due to disruptions in the IT systems, there are no current numbers yet, but the RIVM does mention 6682 new infections for Tuesday
- The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will make a decision on December 21 on the approval of the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, inform the agencyThe date for approval was originally scheduled for December 29, but under pressure from European member states the date was brought forward.
- The GGD wants to vaccinate the care staff of nursing homes and institutions in two rounds of three weeks. In total, the GGD wants to vaccinate 225,000 people, says GGD GHOR chairman André Rouvoet on Radio 1.
- One and a half meter society is by Van Dale voted word of 2020The word originated at the beginning of the corona pandemic.
- In the third quarter, the Netherlands exported 55.6 billion euros worth of services. That is 11 percent less than the same quarter in 2019, according to reports CBS.
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