Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
GGD center for Covid-19 vaccinations in Veghel, Noord-Brabant
GGD center for Covid-19 vaccinations in Veghel, Noord-Brabant - Credit: GGD HartvoorBrabant @ggdhvb / Twitter
Health
Business
CNV
Piet Fortuin
Coronavirus
Covid-19
SARS-CoV-2
coronavirus vaccine
events sector
hospitality industry
catering establishments
Wednesday, 6 January 2021 - 16:50
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Dutch Covid vaccination plan too slow; Help needed, trade union says

The Netherlands' vaccination plan against the coronavirus is too slow and the capacity to give the injections is much too low, according to trade union CNV. This puts the Netherlands at "great risk" that not everyone will be vaccinated by the end of the year, the trade union said, NOS reports.

"Anyone who wants to get vaccinated now sometimes has to be on hold at a call center for an hour. It is all getting off to a slow start. The number of people who will soon be vaccinated is too low. Moreover, we are now only injecting during office hours. While we are in such a deep health crisis. Unbelievable," CNV chairman Piet Fortuin said.

The current vaccination policy puts the Netherlands at risk of running months of delay, according to the union. Help is needed to speed things up. CNV suggested deploying employees from the events and hospitality sectors to help, and for vaccinations to be done from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily, including over weekends.

"The tens of thousands of unemployed people in the catering and events sectors must be trained as quickly as possible to vaccinate under supervision of professionals. A large part of these can learn to do the injections themselves, some can be used excellently to organize the logistics around the injection. The thousands of event workers who are now on the sidelines must therefore be used en masse to make vaccination a success," Fortuin said to the broadcaster."

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Life-threatening XTC pill with high doses of MDMA in circulation in the Netherlands
  • Dutch police arrest Syrian interrogation chief for crimes against humanity
  • Netherlands issues travel warning for Paris citing terrorism threats
  • Dutch, German & Belgian football present joint bid for 2027 Women’s World Cup to FIFA
  • PSV nears Eredivisie record with 15th straight league win; Feyenoord scores late winner
  • 113 innocents wrongly convicted in Europe, totaling over 800 years in jail: study

Top stories

  • 113 innocents wrongly convicted in Europe, totaling over 800 years in jail: study
  • Netherlands to lead major study to test existing medications for long Covid treatment
  • Amsterdam cuts citywide speed limit down to 30 km/h today
  • Rental homes' value to drop 16% by end 2024: ABN Amro
  • Men still earn more than women in the Netherlands; Wage gap slowly decreasing
  • Truck carrying 47 undocumented immigrants stopped at Dutch-UK ferry port

© 2012-2023, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content