Information for the press
The contact details below for the press officers at the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport are intended for members of the media only. If you are not a journalist, please use the contact form or phone 1400 (Monday to Friday, 8.00 to 20.00). If you are calling from outside the Netherlands, please dial +31 70 214 02 14.
Contact details for questions about the coronavirus (press only)
Contact details for questions about COVID-19 are given by topic, below. Outside office hours, spokespersons are available for urgent questions only. Please note that spokespersons can be out of office during the summer holidays. Their out of office period can be found below. You can also email your questions to: perscoronavirus@minvws.nl. Your questions will be dealt with during office hours.
You might find answers to your questions also in: Coronavirus COVID-19.
Topics dealt with by other public bodies
Because of the high pressure of work, we do not answer questions on topics that fall under the remit of other public bodies. These topics and the organisations responsible are:
- Key workers and critical processes: National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV)
- Testing policy and statistics: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
- Measures concerning physical distancing and gatherings: Ministry of Justice and Security
- Implementation of restrictions on air travel: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
- (Repatriation of) Dutch nationals abroad: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Production of medical devices and personal protective equipment (e.g. face masks) in the Netherlands: Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
- Aviation, taxis, public transport, logistics, driving schools: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
- Employers, employees, measures to safeguard jobs, childcare, healthy and safe working conditions, migrant workers: Ministry of Social Affairs
- Construction and building services, border areas, crossborder workers: Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
- Fisheries, floriculture, food crops, livestock, agricultural surpluses: Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality.
Spokespersons for Ernst Kuipers, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport
Axel Dees
+31 6 15 94 37 88
aj.dees@minvws.nl
- Corona:
- General measures against Covid-19
- Curative care
- Medical ethical issues
Rinske Wieman
+31 6 27 06 04 70
r.wieman@minvws.nl
- Corona:
- Vaccine strategy
Bart Vis
+31 6 55 21 46 36
l.vis@minvws.nl
- Corona:
- Testing
- CoronaCheck-app
- Quarantine
Karim Mostafi
+31 6 15 68 38 22
k.mostafi@minvws.nl
- Corona
- Pandemic Preparedness
- Health insurance
- Control of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance
Joeke Kootstra
+31 6 21 17 41 69
jg.kootstra@minvws.nl
- Corona
- Long-Covid
- E-Health and ICT in healthcare
- Data exchange policies in healthcare
Jona Bootsma
+31 6 21 10 19 39
jg.bootsma@minvws.nl
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- Corona: Innovative treatments
- Drugs
- Sustainability and healthcare
Spokespersons for Conny Helder, Minister for Health, Welfare and Sport
Tom Elbersen
+31 6 11 87 63 63
t.elbersen@minvws.nl
- Local care
- Care for people with disabilities
- Sport
Annerijn Vink
+31 6 25 29 04 52
jc.vink@minvws.nl
- Elderly care
- Healthcare job market policies
- Organizability and regionalization of healthcare
Mischa Stubenitsky
+31 6 24 51 23 63
mischastub@minvws.nl
- Mental health care
Frerick Althof
+31 6 21 14 56 05
fl.althof@minvws.nl
- Personal budget (PGB)
- Reducing regulatory pressure in health care
Spokespersons for Maarten van Ooijen, State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport
Ruben van Dorssen
+31 6 15 03 50 04
ruben.vandorssen@minvws.nl
- Prevention
- Health promotion (lifestyle)
- Community service
- Corporate accounts of the Ministry
Emilie Westerouen van Meeteren
+31 6 11 91 97 81
emilie.wvm@minvws.nl
- Programme for homeless youth
- Youth policy and youth law
- Healthcare policies in the Caribbean Netherlands
Mischa Stubenitsky
+31 6 24 51 23 63
mischastub@minvws.nl
- Informal care policies
- Social shelter policies
- War victims and resistance participants
Job Holzhauer
+31 6 25 68 81 84
j.holzhauer@minvws.nl
- Interview requests for State Secretary Maarten van Ooijen