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Senior adviser accused of undermining Dutch vaccine programme Jaap van Delden says bulk of 11.7 million doses of AstraZeneca jab ‘superfluous’ about 3 hours ago Jaap van Delden, head of vaccinations at public health institute RIVM: AstraZeneca “will soon no longer be needed”. Photograph: Joris Verwijst/BSR
The Dutch government’s senior adviser on vaccinations has been accused of undermining the coronavirus inoculation programme by apparently accepting that millions of doses of the controversial AstraZeneca jab due in the country next month will remain largely unused. Jaap van Delden, head of vaccinations at the public health institute, RIVM, said at the weekend that because AstraZeneca was being given only to those between 60 and 64, just 1.5 million doses had so far been used – with some resistance among that age group. ....
Netherlands cuts nightly curfew by an hour despite rising Covid cases Warning of third wave amid unexpectedly high reluctance to accept vaccines Wed, Mar 31, 2021, 19:21 Dutch caretaker prime minister Mark Rutte (left) greets Pieter Omtzigt prior to the swearing-in of the members of the House of Representatives, in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Wednesday. Photograph: Remko de Waal/ EPA
The Netherlands shortened its controversial nightly curfew by one hour from Wednesday evening despite the seventh consecutive week of rises in new coronavirus cases and substantially fewer people than expected accepting a vaccine. In a bid to prevent the public from flouting social distancing regulations over Easter and as the evenings lengthen, the start of the curfew has been pushed back from 9pm to 10pm, though the finish at 4.30am remains the same. ....
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