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COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to the Netherlands on 27 February 2020.

COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
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From left to right: An empty Dam Square in Amsterdam after social distancing measures, military bringing in medical equipment in a hospital, empty shelves in a supermarket because of panic buying.
COVID-19 outbreak the Netherlands per capita cases map.svg
Confirmed cases per 100,000 inhabitants by municipality.
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Confirmed cases by province from 21 to 31 March 2020.
DiseaseCOVID-19
LocationNetherlands
Index caseTilburg
Arrival date27 February 2020
(4 years, 6 months and 3 days)
Confirmed cases43,841[1]
Recoveredunknown[a]
Deaths
5,590[1]

Cases

The first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Tilburg. It was a 56-year-old Dutchman who had arrived in the Netherlands from Italy. As of 14 May, there are 43,481 confirmed cases of infection and 5,590 confirmed COVID-19-deaths.[1] The first death occurred on 6 March, when an 86-year-old patient died in Rotterdam.[3]

Response

Measures were taken by the Rutte III cabinet for the public health to prevent the spread of this virus disease, including the “intelligent lockdown”.[4]

Testing

By mid-March, the country could test about 1,000 samples per day, which is less than other European countries.[5] This explains the large number of deaths in COVID cases there.[6]

COVID-19 Pandemic In The Netherlands Media

  • COVID-19 outbreak the Netherlands per capita cases map (last 14 days)

  • Empty city centre of Amsterdam on 27 March

  • Exercise machines have been taken outside of a gym in Delft and placed on safe distance apart so that people could exercise while the gym itself is closed

  • Waiting lines in theme park Toverland

  • Thousands of protesters at Dam Square in Amsterdam on 1 June in response to the murder of George Floyd

  • An ICVP issued in the Netherlands, recording proof of vaccination against COVID-19 with the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine

  • Temporary sign mandating physical distance by the entrance of Westerpark, Amsterdam

Notes

  1. ↑ The Dutch Government agency RIVM, responsible for the constituent country the Netherlands, does not count its number of recoveries.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Current information about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)". rivm.nl. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Coronavirus in the Netherlands: the questions you want answered". Dutch News. 12 March 2020. https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/03/coronavirus-in-the-netherlands-the-questions-you-want-answered/. 
  3. ↑ "Patiënt met nieuw coronavirus overleden". rivm.nl (in Nederlands). 6 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Maarten Keulemans (2020-03-12). "Are we doing enough? RIVM boss Van Dissel: 'As soon as something indicates infection in the family: isolation'". de Volkskrant (in Nederlands). Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  5. ↑ Newmark, Zack (21 March 2020). "Coronavirus cases surge to 3,631 as 30 more Dutch patients die". NL Times. https://nltimes.nl/2020/03/21/coronavirus-cases-surge-3631-30-dutch-patients-die. 
  6. ↑ Waster, Jeroen (20 March 2020) (in nl). Groeiende kritiek experts op gebrek aan testen in Nederland. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2020/03/20/groeiende-kritiek-experts-op-gebrek-aan-testen-in-nederland-a3994452. 
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