- The RIVM reported 29,107 new positive corona tests on Tuesday, 1,145 more than yesterday.
- Employers want the cabinet to revoke the lockdown from Saturday. According to, among others VNO-NCW and MKB-Nederland the current situation has become untenable for entrepreneurs in affected sectors. They are also concerned about the increasing number of people who are forced to stay at home.
- If the cabinets after Rutte IV do not restrict government spending, the Dutch national debt will rise to well above 90 percent by 2060. Before that warns the Central Planning Bureau (CPB) after calculating the coalition agreement.
- Inflation for 2021 will be 2.7 percent, the highest figure in twenty years. In December, inflation even reached 5.7 percent, mainly caused by high energy prices. That reports CBS.
- At the current rate of infections, it is expected that half of all Europeans will become infected with the omikron variant in the next six to eight weeks. That writes Bloomberg based on statements by Hans Kluge, WHO chief of Europe.
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