Brief economic corona news from November 16

The RIVM reported 4873 positive corona tests on Monday, almost six hundred fewer than on Sunday. The number of corona patients in hospitals has increased by 36 in the past day to 2130.

Moderna says that its corona vaccine is 94.5 percent effective. The pharmaceutical company reports this based on an interim analysis. Also, no serious side effects have been found yet.

Entrepreneurs can register again for the third NOW scheme, writes NRCThe scheme has retroactive effect for the period from 1 October to 1 January.

Employers' organization VNO-NCW, together with trade union FNV, is calling on the government not to phase out emergency aid. In The Telegraph they warn that the planned phasing out of the NOW 3 scheme next year will put many companies in deeper trouble.

A number of multinationals want to store CO2 in an empty gas field off the coast. According to the FD the subsidy application could amount to 1.5 billion euros.