Weekly confirmed COVID-19 cases up almost 80 pct in Netherlands

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Weekly confirmed COVID-19 cases up almost 80 pct in Netherlands

STORY: Weekly confirmed COVID-19 cases up almost 80 pct in Netherlands DATELINE: March 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: Amsterdam CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Amsterdam Central Station in Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2. various of an open-air restaurant in Haarlem, the Netherlands STORYLINE: The number of positive COVID-19 tests in the Netherlands increased by almost 80 percent in the past week, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) said on Tuesday. In its weekly update, the RIVM reported that between March 1 and March 8, the number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 rose by 79 percent to 439,775 from 245,898 the week before. The increase follows several weeks of declines. "This significant increase is a combined effect of the Carnival week and the relaxed measures," the RIVM said. In the middle of February, just after the Omicron wave reached its peak, the Dutch government decided to lift almost all COVID-19 restrictions and "return

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