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Former health minister: Netherlands was ill-prepared for pandemic before Covid-19

The Netherlands would have prevented "a lot of trouble" during the Covid-19 pandemic if they had been better prepared for a crisis or pandemic, healthcare executive Ernst Kuipers told the Dutch par

Former health minister: Netherlands was ill-prepared for pandemic before Covid-19

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The Netherlands would have prevented "a lot of trouble" during the Covid-19 pandemic if they had been better prepared for a crisis or pandemic, healthcare executive Ernst Kuipers told the Dutch par

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The Netherlands would have prevented "a lot of trouble" during the Covid-19 pandemic if they had been better prepared for a crisis or pandemic, healthcare executive Ernst Kuipers told the Dutch par

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