Photo: Brandon Hartley
On Saturday, February 27, it will be a year since the first case of coronavirus was reported in the Netherlands. Here is a timeline of how the disease spread through the country and the government’s response.
December 31 2019: Wuhan Municipal Health Commission in China announces 27 infections with a new type of coronavirus, which will become known as Sars-Cov-2.
January 20 2020: The United States and South Korea both report their first novel coronavirus cases to the WHO.
January 24: Europe’s first case is reported in France.
February 21: Carnaval weekend begins, with revellers cramming into bars and nightclubs in southern Dutch provinces.
Dutch start second vaccination round but still trail in Europe
Nursing home assistant Sanna Elkadiri gets her second vaccination. Photo: Marcel Krijgsman ANP
The Netherlands began giving second vaccinations to nursing staff who first had the coronavirus vaccine earlier this month on Wednesday, but so far fewer than 200,000 people have had their first jab.
Sanna Elkadiri, the nursing home assistant who kicked off the Dutch vaccination campaign was the first to get her second jab, three weeks after the initial dose on January 6.
The Netherlands continues to sit close to the bottom of lists showing how the vaccination strategies are progressing across Europe and criticism of the reliance on rigid and complex systems is mounting.
A Dutch nurse on Wednesday became the first person in the Netherlands to receive a COVID-19 shot as the European Union's last vaccination programme for the new coronavirus began after a late start.
A Dutch nurse on Wednesday became the first person in the Netherlands to receive a COVID-19 shot as the European Union's last vaccination programme for the new coronavirus began after a late start.
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