“It really felt like a job and a responsibility”: A chat with the Groninger behind the Dutch Covid-19 News WhatsApp group
RUG student Bart Swinkels started sharing COVID-19 updates in English on WhatsApp in 2020, and he still continues today.
Tag: Coronavirus
Number of corona infections increasing again
The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 is going up again, as is the amount of virus particles detected ...
COVID’s true death toll higher than official records, CBS says
The number of people who have died because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands might be almost twice as ...
UMCG looking for volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine study
The UMCG and expertise center TRACER will soon start a study on the COVID-19 booster vaccine AKS-452, from the American ...
Northern provinces see small decline in hospital patients with COVID-19
Hospitals in Drenthe, Friesland and Groningen have seen a very small decrease in the number of patients suffering from Covid-19. ...
Almost all Covid measures to go before the end of the month
At his latest press conference, Health Minister Kuipers laid down the plan to scrap most remaining COVID-19 measures before the ...
NL to drop almost all COVID restrictions
The Netherlands is to scrap almost all its COVID-19 restrictions on February 25 which have been in place to curb ...
Coronavirus in the north: positive cases rising
In the last week of January, the Netherlands has seen an increase in the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, a trend ...
Northern hospitals see further decline in COVID-19 patients
Hospitals in Groningen, Drenthe and Friesland were caring for 44 COVID-19 patients on Thursday, down from 62 on January 24. ...
Student associations call for tailored corona policy
Under current coronavirus restrictions, student associations are classified as “normal hospitality”. Due to this definition and the mandatory hard closure, ...