Coronavirus

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.

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.

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.

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

FILED - 08 April 2020, Frankfurt_Main: A flight attendant and passengers are seen wearing face masks after landing by Lufthansa's Boeing 747 at Frankfurt Airport. The EU has announced the relaxing of anti-Covid measures for air travellers, dropping the recommendation to wear masks in airports and on aircraft from Monday, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the EU health authority ECDC said Wednesday. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa.

PANDEMIC

EU drops recommendation to wear masks on planes

The Nomad Today 5/11/22

For passengers and crew members, the move represented a big step towards normalizing air travel, said EASA chief Patrick Ky

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

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.

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

10 February 2022, Spain, Seville: A couple without masks and other pedestrians walk down a street in Seville. The Spanish health authorities have lifted the mask requirement outdoors as case numbers fall. Photo: Eduardo Briones/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

PANDEMIC

Mandatory mask wearing largely abolished in Spain from Wednesday

The Nomad Today 4/20/22

The seven-day incidence rate in Spain, of cases per 100,000 people, was just under 257 on Tuesday

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

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

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.

PANDEMIC

Face masks in Spain only mandatory in public transport, hospitals

The Nomad Today 4/19/22

The Spanish government approved a decree that establishes the end of the mandatory use of masks indoors, but there are some exceptions

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.

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

A woman walks with a child through the center of Barcelona. Photo: Pixabay.

CORONAVIRUS

Catalonia to lift the mask obligation at school one day ahead the rest of Spain

The Nomad Today 4/15/22

The Spanish central government plans to lift the obligation to wear a mask indoors for all citizens on Wednesday 20 April

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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