FILE PHOTO: The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Amsterdam AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A national lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the Netherlands will probably have to last ...

Public health institute chief Jaap van Dissel, who became one of the most public faces of the coronavirus pandemic, is retiring, the RIVM has confirmed. Van Dissel, 65, will reach pension age next ...

The Dutch PM told people not to shake hands to avoid spreading coronavirus moments before shaking someone's hand. Prime Minister Mark Rutte called on citizens of the Netherlands to stop using the ...

The government’s limited coronavirus restrictions in September, such as closing bars at 10pm, did nothing to check the rise in infections, disease control specialist Jaap van Dissel has told a ...

As European countries take the first cautious steps out of lockdown, what would you imagine coronavirus has left as its common legacy between low-country neighbours Belgium and the Netherlands? A new ...

A 54-year-old woman who made online threats against Jaap van Dissel, a key member of the government’s coronavirus Outbreak Management Team, has been jailed for eight weeks, four suspended. The woman, ...