Brief economic news of February 19, 2021
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – February 19, 2021
- The RIVM reports 4761 new corona infections on Friday. That is 167 more than Thursday. The number of infections has been increasing in recent days. Hospital occupancy is also increasing.
- Intravacc, the government institute for vaccine research, wants within 2.5 years build a vaccine factory in Bilthoven. In the event of a pandemic, the factory should be able to produce 40 million to 200 million doses of vaccines annually.
- The turnover of the industry in the fourth quarter of last year was 7.2 percent lower than in the same period a year earlier. Especially in the refineries and chemical,) and the basic metal and metal industry the turnover decreased considerably, reports CBS.
- Schiphol Airport made a loss of 563 million euros last year have to write in the booksDue to the corona crisis, the number of passengers fell by more than 70 percent to just over 20 million travelers.
- Renault made a loss of 8 billion euros in 2020. The French carmaker recorded a loss of 5 billion euros in its stake in Nissan alone, writes De Tijd.
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