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24 May 2022, US, Uvalde: A woman burst into tears as she leaves the Uvalde Civic Center. Fourteen students and one teacher were killed in a shooting in an elementary school in the small town of Uvalde Governor Greg Abbott has said in a press conference. Photo: San Antonio Express-News/SanAntonio Express-News via ZUMA/dpa.

World

MASS SHOOTING

At least 19 children, 2 adults killed in Texas school shooting

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/25/22

US President Joe Biden called for tougher gun laws in a White House address on the shooting, but did not detail specific plans

03 April 2022, Ukraine, Mariupol: A wounded man stands with his children in a destroyed neighbourhood in Mariupol during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. By capturing the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, Russia says it wants to create a secure land link to the annexed Black Sea peninsula of Crimea. Photo: Maximilian Clarke/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

Moscow says 200,000 children taken from Ukraine to Russia

The Nomad Today 5/3/22

Russia frames this as an evacuation operation to bring people to safety , while Ukraine sees it as the forced deportation of its citizens from Russian-occupied territories in the east and…

10 January 2022, Spain, Sevilla: A girl enters a school in Seville as the children return to school after the Christmas vacations. Photo: Joaquin Corchero/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

Lifestyle

EDUCATION

More than 80% of Spanish children aged 3-6 learn a foreign language

The Nomad Today 5/3/22

English is the most widely taught language at all stages of education, followed by French

Minister of Health Carolina Darias speaks at a press conference after the meeting of the Council of Ministers. Photo: La Moncloa.

Lifestyle

HEALTH ALERT

Number of cases of unknown child hepatitis in Spain rises to 13

The Nomad Today 4/25/22

The mysterious disease has already affected children and adolescents in 12 countries and has claimed the first fatality

04/08/2022. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visiting the Center for Attention, Reception and Referral for Ukrainian refugees, located in the Fira de Barcelona. Photo: La Moncloa.

Spain

WAR IN UKRAINE

More than 13,000 Ukrainian refugee children enrolled in Spanish schools

The Nomad Today 4/17/22

So far, Spain has granted temporary protection to almost 52,000 Ukrainian refugees

A general view of the La Paz University Hospital in Madrid. Photo: Zarateman/CC.

Lifestyle

HEALTH ALERT

WHO sounds alarm over unknown child hepatitis in Britain, Spain

The Nomad Today 4/16/22

The WHO called on all countries "to identify, investigate and report potential cases fitting the case definition"

08/11/2021. Minister of Health Carolina Darias speaks at a press conference after the meeting of the Council of Ministers. Photo: La Moncloa.

Lifestyle

HEALTH ALERT

Spain officials investigating child hepatitis cases of unknown origin

The Nomad Today 4/14/22

So far, the region of Madrid has reported three cases, which have been treated at the La Paz Hospital in the Spanish capital

A general view of the Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin. Photo: Marius Serban via Unsplash.

World

HUMAN RIGHTS

Study of forced adoptions in former East Germany to start this summer

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/10/22

Forced adoptions were usually carried out on people the ruling communist party considered disloyal to the regime, for example after an escape attempt, or because of so-called anti-social behaviour

04 April 2022, United Kingdom, London: A toy lies next to a British variant of a Kinder Surprise egg. Due to more than 60 cases of salmonella illnesses in the UK, Ferrero has recalled some batches of children's surprise eggs just under two weeks before Easter. Photo: Victoria Jones/PA Wire/dpa.

Lifestyle

FOOD SAFETY

EU investigates salmonella outbreak possibly linked to chocolates

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/6/22

An unusually high proportion of children required hospitalization, including some with severe symptoms such as bloody diarrhoea

10 January 2022, Spain, Sevilla: A girl enters a school in Seville as the children return to school after the Christmas vacations. Photo: Joaquin Corchero/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Back to school: one in three children aged 5 to 11 has a vaccine dose

The Nomad Today 1/10/22

On Monday 10 January, most of the Spanish children and adolescents return to the classrooms after the Christmas holidays

A family on the beach. Photo: Pixabay.

Lifestyle

SOCIAL RIGHTS

Requirements for the new Spanish child benefit of € 100 per month

The Nomad Today 12/31/21

Families with children residing in Spain may request it from 1 January 2022

Empty and still unused syringes lie in a tray, which are to be used to inoculate the Moderna mRNA vaccine in the State Art Collections in Dresden. In Saxony, the vaccination rate is the lowest in Germany. Photo: Daniel Schäfer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Several children jabbed with unapproved vaccine in Germany

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/20/21

At the request of the parents, the incident was reported to police

Emergency services personnel on scene at Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport, Tasmania, Thursday, December 16, 2021. Several children have suffered serious injuries in northwest Tasmania after falling about 10 metres from a jumping castle that was blown into the air. (AAP Image/Grant Wells) NO ARCHIVING Photo: Grant Wells/AAP/dpa.

World

TRAGEDY

Five children die, more injured in Australian bouncy castle accident

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/16/21

Wind picked up a bouncy castle, threw it into the air and several children fell from a height of 10 metres

15 December 2021, Spain, Madrid: A girl receives a dose Coronavirus vaccine at La Paz Hospital in Madrid. Photo: Jesús Hellín/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 in Spain begins successfully

The Nomad Today 12/16/21

Minister of Health Carolina Darias emphasized the "extraordinary" positive response that the childhood vaccination campaign had on its first day

13 December 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Plettenberg: Vienne Durieux (7) receives a Biontech anti-coronavirus vaccine at the practice office of pediatrician Michael Achenbach. Photo: Bernd Thissen/dpa - ACHTUNG: Nur zur redaktionellen Verwendung im Zusammenhang mit der aktuellen Berichterstattung, nur mit vollständiger Nennung des vorstehenden Credits und Verwendung nur im vollen Format..

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Spain distributes 1.3 million pediatric vaccines among the regions

The Nomad Today 12/14/21

The regional health services will begin to inoculate the doses to children from 5 to 11-year-olds on 15 December

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

COVID VACCINATION

All about vaccination of 5 to 11-year-olds in Spain, region by region

The Nomad Today 12/10/21

The central government's Ministry of Health plans to inject 1.2 million doses in December and inoculate the second doses from February.

FILED - Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks at a Nordic Council press conference in Copenhagen in this file shot from November 3, 2021. Photo: Steffen Trumpf/dpa.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Danish children sent on Christmas holiday early due to fourth wave

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/9/21

The Danish government is encouraging people to work from home and also to cancel Christmas parties

23 November 2021, Spain, Madrid: People queue outside the Wizink Center to receive their third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Photo: Alberto Ortega/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Spain approves vaccination for 5 to 11-year-olds as cases rise

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/7/21

The arrival of the first consignment of pediatric vaccines to Spain is scheduled for 13 December

30 November 2021, Spain, Barcelona: Police officers stand near a building where a fire has broken out. At least four people have died, two of them minors. Photo: Kike Rincón/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

Spain

TRAGEDY

Four dead in fire in Barcelona, two young children among victims

The Nomad Today 11/30/21

All the victims belonged to the same family

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

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