{"id":129930,"date":"2021-09-01T15:59:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T13:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=129930"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:49","slug":"no-major-coronavirus-outbreaks-because-of-introduction-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/09\/01\/no-major-coronavirus-outbreaks-because-of-introduction-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"No major coronavirus outbreaks because of introduction weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

So far, it appears that the number of Covid-19 infections resulting from the introduction weeks is very small. Even though thousands of students took part, no hotspots arose, according to LOCI (National Consultation and Contact for Introduction Weeks).<\/p>\n

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The Eurekaweek, for instance, resulted in 38 Covid-19 infections. \u201cThat\u2019s not much when you think of the thousands of partying students during the introduction week\u201d, confirms Els Veltkamp, spokesperson for GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond. A total of 4,000 students attended the Eurekaweek.<\/p>\n

The EL CID in Leiden has even better figures: among the 4,000 participants only 20 tested positive. More than 7,000 tests were done during the EL CID. Most of the introduction weeks worked with \u2018Testing for Access\u2019. This means that a negative coronavirus test is needed in order to take part in activities.<\/p>\n\n\t

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