A new variant of coronavirus known as FLiRT has taken hold in the Netherlands this summer and people can still become extremely ill, experts say.
One in 80 people taking part in the public health institute RIVM’s infection monitor, tested positive for coronavirus in the past week. In the week of April 15, for example, no positive tests were reported at all.
Waste water analysis, the most important monitor of how the virus is spreading, shows the number of coronavirus particles is now 14 times higher than at this time last year. It is now even higher than in July 2021 when the government relaxed the strict coronavirus measures, leading…
