- The European Council has an agreement has been reached about the EU budget and a corona recovery fund. 750 billion euros will be borrowed on the financial markets, of which 360 billion euros for providing loans and 390 billion euros for subsidies. The Netherlands will receive a 1.9 billion euro cut on the EU contribution, 500 million euros more than now.
- Last week, 987 new people were reported in the Netherlands who tested positive for the coronavirus, reports the RIVM. That is almost twice as many as last week. The National Coordination Center for Infectious Disease Control calls the figures in a response to NOS disturbing and speaks of a 'wake-up call'.
- SK Bioscience, a South Korean pharmaceutical company, is going to scale up the possible AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine The vaccine developed by Oxford University shows good results in initial tests. The Netherlands, together with other European countries, has ordered hundreds of millions of vaccines.
- Employment agency Randstad increased its turnover in the second quarter see a drop of more than 25 percent compared to a year ago. The loss was 57 million euros. Randstad is however positive about the future, but then temporary staff will have to be retrained in the coming period.
- The Dutch are more positive about working from home and video conferencing than at the start of the corona crisis. This is what the Knowledge Institute for Mobility Policy says based on own research. Also, some of the respondents expect to structurally travel less by public transport and plane.
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