Brief economic corona news from December 2
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – December 2, 2020
- The RIVM reports 4942 new confirmed corona infections on Wednesday, 879 more than Tuesday. There are 142 new corona patients admitted to the hospital wards, 45 fewer than Tuesday.
- According to the National Association of General Practitioners (LHV), Dutch general practitioners are not sufficiently equipped to administer the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. The frozen vaccine would cause logistical problems, according to the chairman of the LHV to the NOS.
- The United Kingdom has approved the Pfizer vaccine, making the UK the first country in the world to use the coronavirus vaccine. The first doses should be available next week, reports the BBC.
- The Dutch CoronaMelder app is linked to foreign corona apps, reports the Ministry of Health reportsThe tracing app now works with variants from Germany, Denmark, Italy, Latvia, Spain, Ireland and Croatia.
- In the month of October, the number of dismissal applications more than doubled. That reports the Volkskrant based on UWV figures. In October, employers applied for 4,600 forced redundancies at the UWV, compared to 2,100 in September.
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