Coronavirus: Netherlands reports 15 new coronavirus deaths

The Netherlands reported 190 new cases of coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 45,768.

According to the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RVIM),virus-related deaths in the country reached 5,871 as 15 more peoplelost their lives.

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Netherlands reports 15 new coronavirus deaths

Trump will lose in a landslide because of the economy, new election model predicts

The economy has gone from President Donald Trump's greatest political asset to perhaps his biggest weakness.

Unemployment is spiking at an unprecedented rate. Consumer spending is vanishing. And GDP is collapsing. History shows that dreadful economic trends like these spell doom for sitting presidents seeking reelection.

The coronavirus recession will cause Trump to suffer a "historic defeat" in
November, a national election model released Wednesday by Oxford
Economics predicted.

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Trump will lose in a landslide because of the economy, new election model predicts - CNN

Netherlands: Mink pass coronavirus to humans in the Netherlands

 At least two people have caught the coronavirus from mink in theNetherlands, in probably the first mink-to-human transmission cases. The risk of infection outside mink farms is "negligible," Dutch officials said.

Read more at: Mink pass coronavirus to humans in the Netherlands | News | DW | 25.05.2020

The Netherlands: Travelling to, from and within the Netherlands: What are the rules?

At the moment, and ever since the safety measures have been in placeto prevent further spread of coronavirus, travel has been confined toonly essential journeys until further notice.

As restrictions are being eased,many people are wondering how this will affect them travelling withinthe Netherlands and travelling abroad. Lots of people are wondering

if there is any chance of (or point in) planning holidays. We have puttogether a guide to travelling, in relation

Regarding entering the Netherlands, the ban on non-essential travel implementedon March 19 has been extended until June 15. This means that all travelfrom third countries to Europe (all EU countries, Schengen areacountries and the UK) is not permitted unless absolutely essential.

If your reason for travelling is deemed unessential, you can be refusedentry into the Netherlands.

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Travelling to, from and within the Netherlands: What are the rules?

Multinational Tax Evation: Waiting for Godot: tackling multinationals’ tax avoidance – by Francesco Saraceno and Tommaso Faccio

The Netherlands’ insistence that everyone ‘go Dutch’ on mushrooming coronavirus deficits in the European Union has (given its complicity) revived the debate on tax havens within the EU. In an ideal world, action on joint debt issuance should go hand in hand with tax harmonisation and brakes on fiscal dumping.

But, given the current standstill in Europe, it is more likely that national solutions to avoid tax-base erosion will be sought, at least in the near future. Enforcing transparency and leveraging on company reputations could be enacted more effectively than the bans and regulations currently considered.

Note Almere-Digest:  The Netherlands Government of  Mark Rutte is one of the major EU culprits in facilitating these Multi- National Corporations (Mainly US companies) to dodge paying their local country taxes, by registering them as "special status" Dutch corporations.

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Waiting for Godot: tackling multinationals’ tax avoidance – Francesco Saraceno and Tommaso Faccio

Marijuana: Scientists believe cannabis could help prevent, treat coronavirus

Researchers from the University of Lethbridge said a study in April
showed at least 13 cannabis plants were high in CBD that appeared to
affect the ACE2 pathways that the bug uses to access the body.

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Scientists believe cannabis could help prevent, treat coronavirus

The Netherlands: Could the 'liberal' Dutch have learned from Taiwan's approach to coronavirus?

The whole world has been struggling to contain the coronavirus and “flatten the curve”, but Taiwan has had no curve. Out of a population of 24 million, only 440 people have tested positive for Covid-19, and there have been just seven deaths.Compare that with the Netherlands: while it is similar in size to Taiwan with a population of 17 million, well over 5,000 lives have been lost to the virus.

What has made the difference? Clearly, the Netherlandsis not an island that could cut itself off from the rest of world, lockdown completely and thus contain the disease. Taiwan is – but Taiwan didn’t do that either.

Public spaces in Taiwan, restaurants, shops and schools, have all remained open since the initial Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan. Life in Taiwan hascontinued pretty much the same as before. What Taiwan did however, wasopt for a complex tradeoff involving viruscontainment strategies and information gathering, while balancing individual autonomy with trust and control.

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Could the 'liberal' Dutch have learned from Taiwan's approach to coronavirus? | | Opinion | The Guardian