Brief economic corona news from December 9
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – December 9, 2020
- The RIVM reports 6589 new infections on Wednesday. That is 421 fewer than Tuesday. There are 194 new corona patients admitted to hospital, a decrease of 12 compared to the day before.
- The government will reserve an additional 3.7 billion euros to expand the support packages for companies that have been hit hard by the corona crisis. Various support packages will be extended or expanded, writes NRC.
- In response to the additional support from the government, employers' organizations VNO-NCW, MKB-Nederland and ONL say that the new packages are considerably better than what was initially on the table. However, the organizations do believe that insufficient perspective is being given to companies that are struggling, reports NU.nl.
- From December 21, companies can order rapid tests from the government. In a letter to parliament says Minister Hugo de Jonge of Public Health that companies can contact the National Consortium for Aids (LCH) for this. In order to receive so-called antigen tests, companies must meet a number of conditions.
- Of the 1.9 million employees with flexible employment contracts, one fifth have no assets or a working partner to fall back on in the event of loss of income. warns the Court of AuditThis group in particular is more likely to experience unemployment.
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