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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

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Highest coronavirus infection rate since start of pandemic in Norway

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/8/21

In Denmark restrictions are due to be lifted on Friday, in Sweden at the end of September and in Finland in October.

16 July 2021, Portugal, Lisbon: People wait their turn to be vaccinated during a Corona vaccination campaign. Portugal has been classified as a high-incidence area by the federal government because of particularly high infection rates. Photo: Pedro Fiuza/ZUMA Wire/dpa

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IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON

Study: Covid antibodies persist for at least 9 months after infection

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/20/21

3,000 residents of a northern Italian town sealed off by the Italian army in early 2020 were tested for antibodies in May 2020 and again in November

State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell of the Public Health Agency of Sweden talks to reporters after a news conference on the daily update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation, in Stockholm, Sweden May 6, 2020. Claudio Bresciani/TT News Agency/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Sweden records highest coronavirus infection rate in Europe

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/20/21

The Scandinavian country has recorded 577 new cases per 100,000 residents in the past 14 days.

A view of Tallin, the capital of Estonia. Photo: Pixabay.

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REOPENING

Estonia to relax Covid restrictions amid falling infection rate

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/22/21

Shops will be allowed to reopen under strict conditions from 3 May.

19 November 2020, Spain, Malaga: A man walks past the Pfizer pharmaceutical company headquarters in Malaga. Photo: Álex Zea/EUROPA PRESS/dpa

Coronavirus

VACCINATION

Study gives hope that Pfizer vaccine could prevent infection

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/22/21

The vaccine is "highly effective" in preventing coronavirus infections, says a draft of the study, conducted by Pfizer and BioNTech together with the Israeli Health Ministry.

World

Zimbabwe: Dead elephants succumbed to 'bacterial infection'

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/1/20

Botswana has also found hundreds of dead elephants this year.

Coronavirus

EPIDEMIC RECEDING

No coronavirus patients in Finnish intensive care units

The Nomad Today 6/30/20

The last patient went home over the weekend. Even if no patients are in treatment, intensive coronavirus therapy is kept on constant alert.

Coronavirus

Coronavirus infected more than 200 children in Finland

The Nomad Today 4/30/20

32% of these infections have affected children between 12 and 15 years old.

Coronavirus

Finland reports 4 more coronavirus deaths and 102 new infections

The Nomad Today 4/19/20

The total number of reported fatalities rose to 94. However, this figure does not include deaths occurring outside of hospitals, for example, those of older people who died in nursing homes.…