On 14 January Minister Wouter Beke had an online meeting with his Dutch colleague Hugo de Jonge, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport.
Both ministers discussed the current testing and tracing strategy, as well as the roll-out of the vaccination plan in the Netherlands and Flanders. They stressed the importance to keep communication channels open on both political and administrative level and to exchange knowledge and good practices. After all, the Netherlands and Flanders face the same challenges. Both ministers reaffirm the importance of continuing our existing good bilateral relations