Dutch government set to extend coronavirus lockdown by three weeks
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While it may feel as though the end is in sight with the arrival of the first doses of the Moderna vaccine scheduled for Monday, news of a three-week lockdown extension shows the Netherlands has a long way to go before it can return to normal.
Dutch lockdown to be extended by three weeks
Last week, sources in The Hague reported to NOS that the current hard lockdown was likely to be extended by (at least) two weeks. But following a meeting on Sunday between Prime Minister Mark Rutte, his cabinet ministers, and director of infectious disease control at the National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM), Jaap van Dissel, it looks as though the lockdown will be extended by three weeks.
More and more people in the Netherlands willing to be vaccinated
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A survey conducted by research agency Ipsos on behalf of the NOS has revealed that the number of people in the Netherlands willing to be vaccinated against coronavirus has risen to 75 percent.
Rising and falling support for a vaccine
A survey conducted by I&O Research, also on behalf of the NOS, back in November revealed that support in the Netherlands for a vaccine was waning. Between June 2020 and November 2020, the percentage of people who said they were definitely going to be immunised had dropped from 43 percent to 29 percent.
Plans to vaccinate majority of Dutch population by June 2021
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Plans to vaccinate majority of Dutch population by June 2021
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Health Minister Hugo de Jonge told the House of Representatives (
Tweede Kamer) this week that the Dutch government expected the Netherlands to receive 21,7 million doses of coronavirus vaccines from various pharmaceutical companies in the first six months of 2021. This figure does, however, rely on all vaccines being approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
Majority of adults in the Netherlands could be vaccinated by summer 2021
Should everything go to plan, De Jonge said that the country will receive enough doses in the first half of 2021 to vaccinate the majority of people in the Netherlands against COVID-19. There are currently around 14 million adults in the Netherlands, and, based on the government’s plans, around 11 million could be vaccinated in the first six months of next year.