Vaccination
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Western Europe
Dutch government tries to push vaccination in Bible Belt
The Dutch Ministry of Health plans to boost the enthusiasm for corona vaccination in the so-called Bible Belt. “This has top priority for minister De Jonge,” says his spokesperson in the Dutch Reformatorisch Dagblad. But she can't say anything about concrete steps yet. “We won't say to these people: this…
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Northern Europe
Danish Conservatives upset over Muslim pamphlet
The Danish Conservative Party wants an explanation from the Minister of Health, Magnus Heunicke, on why the Danish Health and Medicines Authority refers to the Qur'an as a reason for Muslims to get vaccinated. According to Marcus Knuth, the Conservatives' foreigners and integration spokesman, it is “ridiculous that health authorities…
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Christian Life
Dutch Calvinists hesitate to take corona vaccine
More than half (53 per cent) of the readers of the Dutch daily *Reformatorisch Dagblad* say they don't want a vaccine against the coronavirus. This was the result of a [survey](https://www.rd.nl/artikel/926417-meerderheid-refo-s-wil-geen-coronavaccin) conducted in April among 4,000 subscribers of the newspaper and RD.nl. One in three RD readers is planning to…