Crucial occupations in vital processes

Coronate tests: SARS-CoV-2 specific antibody responses in COVID-19 patients.

List of crucial professions

Care, youth assistance and social support, including the production and transport of medicines and medical aids
Teachers and staff needed at school, such as for distance learning, childcare and exams
Public transportation
Food chain: the food chain must be viewed in a broad sense. It consists of supermarkets, the supply of supermarkets, the processing industry and the transports of this industry, but also the collection of products from farmers, the supply of, for example, cattle feed and other products to farmers, the access of workers for the harvest
Transport of fuels such as coal, oil, petrol and diesel, etc.
Transport of waste and refuse
Childcare.
Media and communication: to provide society with the information it needs to keep abreast of current affairs
Continuity of emergency services such as police, defence, control room processes, fire services, ambulance services, GHOR and crisis management of the safety regions
Necessary government processes (national, provincial and municipal), e.g. payment of benefits and allowances, civic affairs, consulates and embassies, judicial institutions and forensic clinics
Farmers and people working in the funeral business

Vital processes

In addition, the government has issued a list of processes that have been designated as vital. A total of around 100 companies in our country are involved in carrying out these processes. However, only people who fulfil an 'indispensable function' on behalf of one of the vital processes listed below can apply for the reception:

Electricity: national and regional transmission and distribution of electricity
Gas production: national and regional transmission and distribution of gas
Payment traffic: point-of-sale payment traffic, mass giro and interbank payment traffic
Internet: Internet and data services, internet access and data traffic
Telecom: telecom, voice service and SMS
Security: deployment of police and defence forces
Oil supply
Location and time determination by GNSS
Water: drinking water and drinking water supply
Water management and water quantity
Flight and aircraft handling
Shipping settlement
Large-scale production/processing and/or storage of (petro)chemical substances
Storage, production and processing of nuclear materials
High-quality
Securities traffic
Communication with and between emergency services via 112 and C2000
Basic registrations persons and organisations B Digital government processes
Interconnectivity (transaction infrastructure for information from base registrations)
Electronic messaging and information of citizens
Identification and authentication of citizens and companies
Transport of persons and goods on (main) railway infrastructure
Transport over (main) road network

Vince

Retrieved from 15 Jan 2021

I think it's special to see how well it's becoming visible these days what vital professions are. The care and funeral industry in particular are getting the attention they deserve. Hopefully more and more people will realise that we cannot do without these professionals and that they are our real heroes.

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Kitty Vroomen

at May 11, 2020

Do I qualify as a dentist? I am 62 years old

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stela

at 04 May 2020

Security's not on the list either.

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Petra

at 04 May 2020

What about cab transportation? I drive frail elderly people and patients. I suppose that's also a crucial profession.

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Joshua

at 26 Apr 2020

Strange that laboratories are not listed. I work in a hospital of which 25% (1/4) of my colleagues have been infected (only the lab, so the rest of the hospital is not included). We also receive and work with samples from COVID-19 patients. From what perspective is this not a crucial or vital profession? Ridiculous people who compile this list!

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Ellen van Gijsel

at 28 Apr 2020

Yes zat is indeed very strange, but I think that under the group of care workers you are just eligible, right?

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Chris van Laar

at 19 Apr 2020

Strange that installation companies are not mentioned as a vital profession. I have been working in three hospitals for weeks with colleagues to put emergency facilities into operation in ICU departments and to convert recovery rooms into ICU beds. Outside the facilities in an emergency hospital where beds and a CT SCAN are located (tent) put into operation. This was all done by colleagues.

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