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19/04/2022. Minister of Health Carolina Darias speaks at the press conference held after the meeting of the Council of Ministers to announce the end of the mandatory mask use. Photo: La Moncloa.

Lifestyle

VACCINATION

Spain recommends monkeypox, fourth Covid jab for those at risk

The Nomad Today 6/10/22

Most cases seem to be spread through close physical contact and many of those who catch the disease are reportedly men who engage in homosexual sex

05 January 2022, Spain, Madrid: A traveller stands with his luggage as he looks at the display board at Adolfo Suarez Airport in Madrid. Photo: Jesús Hellín/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

EU travelers to Spain no longer required to prove Covid-19 status

The Nomad Today 6/3/22

For travellers arriving from outside the EU or Schengen Area however, the requirements are to remain in place

HANDOUT - 12 May 2022, North Korea, Pyongyang: A picture provided by the North Korean state news agency (KCNA) on 12 May 2022, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) presides over a politburo meeting of the Workers' Party at the headquarters of the party's Central Committee, over the discovery of the North's first case of the omicron variant of COVID-19 on 08 May 2022. Photo: -/KCNA/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

North Korea reports first official Covid-19 infection

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/12/22

Until now, the isolated authoritarian country had not registered a single coronavirus infection to the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva

09 December 2021, Saxony, Dresden: A face mask lies on the ground at a tram stop, while in the background a tram of the Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe (DVB) drives along. Photo: Robert Michael/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

France to lift mask requirement for people using public transport

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/12/22

France recently reported 405 cases per 100,000 people within a week

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö delivering a speech in Parliament. Photo: Hanne Salonen/Eduskunta/file photo.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Finnish president suffered pneumonia after contracting Covid-19

The Nomad Today 4/27/22

Sauli Niinistö tested positive for Covid-19 last week

19 February 2022, Bavaria, Munich: Finland's President Sauli Niinisto speaks at the 58th Munich Security Conference. Photo: Tobias Hase/dpa.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Finnish President Niinistö in hospital with coronavirus infection

The Nomad Today 4/26/22

Among the key issues facing the country is a possible application to join NATO

15 July 2020. A cabin crew member, wearing a mask and gloves, on a Finnair flight in 2020. Photo: © The Nomad Today.

Tourism

TOURISM

Finnair removes the face mask requirement on its flights

The Nomad Today 4/21/22

"Those who wish to continue to wear a mask when traveling are naturally welcome to do so," the company said

FILED - 08 April 2022, Finland, Helsinki: Finnish President Sauli Niinisto speaks during a press conference with German President Steinmeier. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Finnish President Niinistö tests positive for coronavirus

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/19/22

An official visit to Norway on Thursday and Friday will be postponed

10 April 2022, China, Fuyang: Medical personnel in protective suits walk on a street, in a cordoned-off area in Fuyang. Mainland China reported 1,318 new confirmed local corona cases on Saturday 09 April, up from 1,334 on Friday, the National Health Commission said. Photo: Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

WHO: More than 500 million Covid cases reported since end of 2019

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/15/22

Even as case numbers fall in many nations, the pandemic is far from over, the WHO said

03/04/2022. Passengers with face shields in the Barcelona metro. Photo: Ⓒ The Nomad Today.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Spain to lift indoor mask mandate after the Easter holidays

The Nomad Today 4/6/22

On Wednesday, a government provision lifted the obligation to fill out the Spain Travel Health form (SPTH) for travelers who have an EU vaccination certificate or equivalent

A general view of an Aeroflot aircraft. Photo: Pixabay.

World

PANDEMIC

Moscow resumes flights to 52 'friendly' countries as restrictions end

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/4/22

About half of the 52 countries named in Moscow's lifting of the restrictions are from Asia

21 March 2022, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Positive Corona self-tests and an FFP2 protective mask lie on a table. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany recorded during the past 24 hours 90,314 new cases of the virus, compared to 92,378 cases last Monday. Photo: Federico Gambarini/dpa.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Last Covid-19 restrictions lifted in Switzerland

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/1/22

People who are infected with the coronavirus no longer have to self-isolate

25 March 2022, Italy, Rome: People take part in a Fridays for Future march against global warming and the war in Ukraine. Photo: Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via ZUMA Press/dpa.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Arrivederci Green Pass: Italy ends Covid-19 state of emergency

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/1/22

The pandemic hit Italy hard, which led to politicians remaining cautious about reopening too hastily

24 March 2022, China, Tengzhou: A worker sanitizes the ground at the experimental primary school in Tengzhou City. China reports 1,301 new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19. Photo: Song Haicun/SIPA Asia via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Shanghai Covid-19 outbreak: Health system 'on the verge of crashing'

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/31/22

China is currently suffering its worst coronavirus outbreak in two years thanks to the arrival of the Omicron variant

The cruise ship 'Mein Schiff 5'. Photo: Reinhard Link/CC/Public Domain.

Coronavirus

MALLORCA

Holidaymakers in quarantine after Covid-19 outbreak on cruise ship

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/31/22

According to the German-language local newspaper Mallorca Zeitung on Wednesday, about 60 mainly German holidaymakers were affected

Sports

LA LIGA

Real Madrid boss Ancelotti tests positive for COVID-19

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/30/22

He could miss the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final with former club Chelsea at Stamford Bridge next week

01 March 2022, Bremen: Martina Zongos (L) receives a dose of Novavax vaccine against COVID-19 in a vaccination booth at a vaccination center. Photo: Markus Hibbeler/dpa.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

EU regulator begins review of Spanish Covid-19 vaccine Hipra

The Nomad Today 3/29/22

Preliminary studies showed the shot is effective against infection against the coronavirus, including the Omicron variant, the European Medicines Agency said in a statement