- The RIVM reported 2,602 new corona infections on Wednesday. That is 99 more than on Tuesday. The number of Covid patients in hospital has fallen by 27 percent in a week.
- A new cabinet must invest heavily in education, the public sector, new technologies and sustainability. In addition, the social partners want to reform the labor market, with a permanent contract becoming the norm again. This is what employers and unions call for in a new polder agreement, writes RTL News.
- The Janssen vaccine has been removed from the vaccination program for those years who have yet to receive a vaccination, outgoing Minister De Jonge has announced. According to the Health Council, it is better for young people to receive the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine read at De Volkskrant. These mRNA vaccines have fewer side effects.
- Moderna will produce 300 million doses of the Moderna corona vaccine annually at the factory of Limburg-based Lonza. Lonza will produce so-called boosters, like this Moderna said.
- Blood bank Sanquin reports that 54 percent of its blood donors have antibodies against corona. Due to the increased vaccination rate, so much immunity may be achieved in July that the circulation of the coronavirus will be strongly suppressed. writes Sanquin.
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