Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been placed on the waiting list for a lung transplant as her chronic lung disease has progressed to a serious stage. The Norwegian royal court announced on Friday that medical experts determined the procedure is now necessary.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated that the European Union must demonstrate its capability and willingness to expand. He intends to discuss this objective at the EU-Western Balkans summit in Montenegro.
Jaap van Dissel, the former head of the Outbreak Management Team (OMT), stated that advice requests from the Dutch Ministry of Health were sometimes too specific to answer. He noted that these detailed inquiries occasionally caused frustration within the team during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Protesters gathered at Dam Square in Amsterdam to demonstrate against the government's refusal to block an upcoming performance by Kanye West in the Netherlands. Despite the rapper's history of antisemitic remarks and cancellations in other European countries, Dutch authorities and courts ruled there were no legal grounds to prevent his show.
Former RIVM director Jaap van Dissel stated that national COVID-19 measures in 2020 were not implemented too late. He explained that these actions followed logically once it became clear that individuals without symptoms could also spread the virus.