Samantha Dixon 🇦🇺

Sam has over six years experience writing about life in the Netherlands and leads the content team at DutchReview. She originally came to the Netherlands to study in 2016 and now holds a BA (Hons.) in Arts, a BA (Hons) in Journalism, and a Masters in Teaching. She loves to write about settling into life in the Netherlands, her city of Utrecht, learning Dutch, and jobs in the Netherlands — and she still can’t jump on the back of a moving bike (she's learning!).

Corona patients in the second wave are becoming less ill, say Dutch internists

Dutch coronavirus patients are now becoming less ill than patients in the first wave, according to new research from the Nederlandse Internisten Vereniging (NIV)...

Roundup: the complete list of new national coronavirus measures now in the Netherlands

New national measures have begun to be enforced across the Netherlands in an attempt to combat the alarming rise in coronavirus cases.  The latest measures...

US Doctor Fauci criticises Dutch approach, majority of Dutch OMT team pushed for stricter measures

The measures announced in a press conference last night were not entirely supported by the Outbreak Management Team (OMT). Instead, the majority of the...

Press conference: potential for 10,000 infections per day within three weeks, new measures announced

Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister for Health Hugo de Jonge have fronted the press. A new range of regional measures have been announced...

New coronavirus measures to hit major Dutch cities

A sharp increase in figures has prompted the Dutch government to implement new measures for some regions of the Netherlands.  Amsterdam-Amstelland, Rotterdam-Rijnmond, Haaglanden (The Hague),...

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