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Coronavirus

FILED - Passers-by walk along Nyhavn, in Copenhagen, the harbour with its colourful little houses popular with tourists. Denmark lifted Corona measures in force in the country on September 10 but plans to reintroduce some measures in November after cases climbed. Photo: Steffen Trumpf/dpa.

PANDEMIC

Denmark introduces mask requirement again as of Monday

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/27/21

The government has not made a recommendation on whether or not retail workers should also wear masks

26 November 2021, Ukraine, ---: An illustration photo shows a medical syringe and a vial in front of the text Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 in the background. The mutated strain, called "Omicron" and described by the World Health Organization as "a strain of concern", reached Belgium after it was discovered in South Africa. Pharmaceutical companies are working to modify vaccines to counter the new mutated strain of the Coronavirus, which has sparked travel bans in many countries of the world. Photo: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

CORONAVIRUS

High viral load discovered in Hong Kong pair carrying Omicron strain

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/27/21

Both patients are fully vaccinated

Passengers move through Frankfurt Airport on Friday. The European Commission says it wants to limit air travel from southern African into the bloc due to fears about a new Covid-19 variant discovered there, following similar moves announced by Britain and Israel. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa.

PANDEMIC

EU states agree to suspend flights from seven southern African states

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/26/21

The countries concerned are Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe

Passengers move through Hamburg's airport on November 18. Fears of a new, more contagious strain of the virus moving through southern Africa have prompted bans across Europe on arrivals from the region. Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa.

PANDEMIC

EU eyeing travel limits from southern Africa due to Covid-19 variant

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/26/21

On Thursday, Israel and Britain announced new travel restrictions on several African countries over concerns about a new coronavirus variant

10 June 2021, England, Berlin: German Minister of Health Jens Spahn shows the app for the digital vaccination certificate during a press conference on the coronavirus situation. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

PANDEMIC

Covid health pass mandatory to access bars, restaurants in Catalonia

The Nomad Today 11/26/21

It will also be necessary to present proof of vaccination to enter restaurants in Navarra from Saturday

20 November 2021, Italy, Turin: People take part in the No Green Pass rally. Italy made the green pass (EU Digital COVID Certificate) compulsory to enter all public and private workplaces on 15 October. Photo: Tino Romano/ANSA via ZUMA Press/dpa.

PANDEMIC

European Commission proposes that Covid pass expire after 9 months

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/26/21

EU issues new updated recommendations for Covid-19 travel rules

23 November 2021, Canada, Toronto: A child who is part of the Hospital for Sick Children family between the ages of 5 and 11 years of age receives the COVID-19 vaccine, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Photo: Steve Russell/The Canadian Press via ZUMA/dpa.

CORONAVIRUS

EU agency green-lights Covid vaccine for children aged 5+

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/25/21

The EMA's approval does not mean that the vaccine is now recommended for children, the agency stressed, noting that this was a national decision

24 November 2021, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart: A dangling mask is seen on a fence along a sidewalk in Stuttgart, Germany. Photo: Bernd Weißbrod/dpa.

CORONAVIRUS

Danish government plans to make mask use mandatory again

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/25/21

Due to sharply rising numbers, the coronavirus pass was reintroduced two weeks ago

23 November 2021, Spain, Madrid: Spanish Minister of Health Carolina Darias holds a press conference on the latest updates regarding the coronavirus pandemic and the development of the vaccination campaign. Photo: Europa Press/C.Luján.Pool/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

NEW RISK INDICATORS

Government postpones new nationwide Covid-19 restrictions

The Nomad Today 11/24/21

There will not be, for the moment, earlier closing times for bars and restaurants

HANDOUT - 23 November 2021, Belgium, Brussels: Slovenia's European affairs Minister Gasper Dovzan gives a press conference after the General Affairs ministers council (GAC) at the EU headquarters in Brussels. Photo: Zucchi Enzo/European Union/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

CORONAVIRUS

EU ministers discuss Covid travel pass update with booster shots

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/23/21

EU member states have pushed the EU authority to link the validation status of vaccination in the travel pass to include booster vaccine doses

FILED - Some people might prefer the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine over the Moderna vaccine - or vice versa, and yet studies suggest that Moderna's Spikevax provides better protection against the Delta variant. Photo: Stefan Puchner/dpa.

CORONAVIRUS

Israel starts vaccinating children between 5 and 11 years old

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/23/21

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett stressed that the vaccine is safe and effective

22 November 2021, Spain, Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, deligvers a speech at the event 'Solidarity vaccination: fulfilling commitments', at La Moncloa. Photo: Jesús Hellín/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

CORONAVIRUS

Spain plans to close restaurants and nightclubs early due to Covid

The Nomad Today 11/23/21

The government's goal is to control the new escalation of the epidemic before Christmas

CORONAVIRUS

Basque court strikes down proof of virus status requirement

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/22/21

The judges had argued that this measure was disproportionate in view of the high vaccination rate of about 90% of all Spaniards over the age of 12

CORONAVIRUS

Outbreaks of violence at protest against Covid measures in Brussels

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/22/21

The demonstrators were protesting about rules requiring people to show vaccine certificates in more settings, for example to eat at a restaurant

HANDOUT - 20 November 2021, Russia, Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attend a ceremony where the later was decorated with the highest state award in Russia, the Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, at St Catherine’s Hall of the Kremlin. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

PANDEMIC

Putin gets booster vaccination

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/22/21

On Sunday, the authorities reported 1,252 coronavirus deaths within 24 hours

11 July 2021, Spain, Calafell: A nurse administers the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to a woman at the Calafell Vaccination Center. Photo: Ramon Costa/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire/dpa

PANDEMIC

Covid-19 infections in Spain multiply by 7 so far in November

The Nomad Today 11/20/21

At the beginning of the month, fewer than 600 cases were diagnosed a day. But yesterday, Friday 19 November, 4,114 infections were reported

19 November 2020, Berlin: A face mask covered with some autumn leaves lies on the sidewalk. Public life in Germany has been brought to a near-standstill as part of a four-week shutdown in Europe's largest economy in a bid to stem a surge in coronavirus infections. Photo: Kira Hofmann/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

INTERNATIONAL ALERT

Dutch tourists infected and quarantined escape from Spanish hostel

The Nomad Today 11/19/21

The Central Government Delegation in Extremadura is coordinating the search operation

CORONAVIRUS

Spain to give third vaccine dose to people over 60 and health workers

The Nomad Today 11/18/21

Most people aged 60 to 69 have received the AstraZeneca vaccine

CORONAVIRUS

Pfizer agrees to license Covid-19 medicine to poor countries

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/16/21

The licences should give manufacturers in 95 countries - home to 53% of the world's population - the right to produce the drug

Customers of a cafe in a park in Lund (southern Sweden). Photo: Núria Vila/File photo.

CORONAVIRUS

Study calls Sweden 'net exporter' of coronavirus due to lax approach

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/16/21

Finland is said to have been particularly affected

Coronavirus

Denmark introduces mask requirement again as of Monday

High viral load discovered in Hong Kong pair carrying Omicron strain

EU states agree to suspend flights from seven southern African states

EU eyeing travel limits from southern Africa due to Covid-19 variant

Covid health pass mandatory to access bars, restaurants in Catalonia

European Commission proposes that Covid pass expire after 9 months

EU agency green-lights Covid vaccine for children aged 5+

Danish government plans to make mask use mandatory again

Government postpones new nationwide Covid-19 restrictions

EU ministers discuss Covid travel pass update with booster shots

Israel starts vaccinating children between 5 and 11 years old

Spain plans to close restaurants and nightclubs early due to Covid

Basque court strikes down proof of virus status requirement

Outbreaks of violence at protest against Covid measures in Brussels

Putin gets booster vaccination

Covid-19 infections in Spain multiply by 7 so far in November

Dutch tourists infected and quarantined escape from Spanish hostel

Spain to give third vaccine dose to people over 60 and health workers

Pfizer agrees to license Covid-19 medicine to poor countries

Study calls Sweden 'net exporter' of coronavirus due to lax approach

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