At least four children and one teacher at primary school De Vlieger in Schoonhoven have been diagnosed with Hepatitis A, school director Mireille Burema confirmed to Omroep West. To prevent the outbreak spreading further, municipal health service GGD Hollands Midden will vaccinate all 220 pupils and staff against the infectious disease.
GGD Hollands Midden advises parents who think their child might have Hepatitis A to go to their doctor for a blood test.
The Dutch police arrested two men for harassing at least eight families in very random ways. The victims were saddled with large pizza deliveries they didn't order, magazine subscriptions they never signed up for and in some cases even had sex workers and hearses showing up at their doors, AD reports.
A teacher at the Koninging Emma school in Schoonhoven is accused of tying a pupil to a chair on Monday in an effort to get him under control. The boy is in group 3/4. Parents, teachers and the school board are shocked by the incident.
The Brokking bakery on Benschopperstraat in IJsselstein has won the AD Oliebollen Test. It is thus the best location to get oliebollen in the Netherlands.
On Wednesday 415,124 voters in 16 municipalities cast their vote in the municipal elections.
