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Omicron

FILED - British Airways planes at Heathrow Airport. Photo: Steve Parsons/PA Wire/dpa.

World

PANDEMIC

France restricts entries from Britain as Omicron variant takes hold

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/16/21

Under the new rules, people will have to register before travelling from Britain to France

13 December 2021, United Kingdom, Sevenoaks: People queue in front of St Thomas' Hospital before receiving their booster jabs. Everyone over 18 in England will be offered booster jabs as of this week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday night, as he declared an Omicron emergency. Photo: Kirsty O'connor/PA Wire/dpa.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Expert: Omicron will be dominant variant in Europe within four weeks

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/13/21

The transmission rate is three times that of Delta. The reason for this is that both vaccinated and unvaccinated people are infected

05 December 2021, United Kingdom, London: A health worker holds a vial containing Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 booster vaccine. People are urged to get a COVID-19 booster jab to limit the spread of the Omicron variant. Photo: Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Study suggests 3 doses of Pfizer Covid vaccine ‘neutralizes Omicron’

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/9/21

Experts said this showed that booster doses could offer good protection against Omicron

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) attends the signing of the memorandum of understanding between WHO and the WHO Foundation in Geneva, Switzerland, May 27, 2020. Christopher Black/WHO/Handout via REUTERS

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

WHO: Omicron strain of Covid-19 present in 57 countries

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/8/21

Tedros called on governments to take preventive measures seriously and implement them

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.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

More than 260 Omicron cases detected in Denmark

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/6/21

Several infections with the Omicron variant in Denmark have been traced back to an electronic music concert in Aalborg on 27 November

02 September 2021, Spain, Manacor: A woman stands on the closed off beach of Cala Mendia in Manacor on Mallorca. Photo: Clara Margais/dpa

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

The first case of Omicron in Mallorca is a Swiss woman

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/2/21

Several cases of Omicron had already been registered on the Spanish mainland in previous days

05 November 2021, Norway, Utoya: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) and Jonas Gahr Store, Norway's Prime Minister, visit the island of Utoya. At the summer camp of Norway's social democratic Arbeiderpartiet, 69 people were murdered on the island on 22 July 2011, in an attack by a right-wing extremist. Photo: Britta Pedersen/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa.

Coronavirus

OMICRON VARIANT

Norway gradually reintroduces Covid rules, asks people to wear masks

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/1/21

The new Omicron variant created uncertainty

11/30/2021. The Minister of Territorial Policy and Government Spokesperson, Isabel Rodríguez, the First Vice President and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calviño, and the Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant, have appeared at a press conference at the end of the meeting of the Council of Ministers. Photo: La Moncloa.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Spain approves suspension of flights from southern African countries

The Nomad Today 12/1/21

Flights can only be made from airports in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe to airports in Spain if they transport exclusively Spanish or Andorran nationals…

29 November 2021, Czech Republic, Trutnov: An employee of the microbiological laboratory of the Trutnov Hospital evaluates tests for COVID-19. The first case of the coronavirus variant Omicron in the Czech Republic has been confirmed after further laboratory tests. Photo: Taneèek David/CTK/dpa.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

France reports first Omicron case

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/30/21

The infected person had travelled to Mozambique in mid-November

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Omicron variant detected for first time in Sweden

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/30/21

The person comes from the southern Swedish region of Skane

People walking in Rabat. Photo: Pixabay.

Coronavirus

TRAVEL

Morocco suspends all incoming flights over new Covid-19 variant

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/29/21

The temporary ban will take effect on Monday for two weeks

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Spain confirms first case of Omicron variant

The Nomad Today 11/29/21

"The patient is fine," says the hospital's infectious diseases lab

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Portugal's Belenenses hit with 13 Omicron cases of Covid-19

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/29/21

Those affected had been isolated

FILED - 28 November 2021, Bavaria, Munich: A Bundeswehr aircraft is seen at the cargo area of the Munich Airport. The German Army is flying patients suffering from coronavirus complications to the airport in Hamburg as part of the so-called "cloverleaf" mechanism coordinated between the federal and state governments. Photo: Peter Kneffel/dpa.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Spain imposes quarantine on southern Africa travelers due to omicron

The Nomad Today 11/29/21

Travelers from 7 countries will have to undergo a 10-day quarantine

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

South Africa slams travel bans as Omicron spread puts world on edge

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/29/21

South African officials have entered discussions with countries that have adopted travel restrictions, hoping they will reconsider the decisions, the statement said

29 November 2021, Australia, Sydney: People wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) arrivie at Sydney International Airport. The Omicron COVID-19 variant has arrived in Australia after testing confirmed two overseas travellers who arrived in Sydney were infected with the new strain. Photo: James Gourley/AAP/dpa.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

German immunologist: Omicron could have originated in HIV patients

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/29/21

The virus can replicate over many weeks in people with weakened immune systems, Watzl said

27 November 2021, United Kingdom, London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a media briefing in Downing Street on the latest updates regarding the coronavirus (Covid-19). Photo: Jeff Gilbert/The Daily Telegraph/PA Wire/dpa.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Britain clamps down on travel as Omicron strain spreads to Europe

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/28/21

EU member states agreed to suspend passenger flights from seven southern African countries to contain a new, potentially more dangerous coronavirus variant