Protection

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

01 November 2021, United Kingdom, Glasgow: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC). Photo: Yves Herman/PA Wire/dpa

World

COP26 CLIMATE SUMMIT

More than 100 countries aim to protect forests by 2030

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/2/21

The land covered by the agreement covers an area of more than 13 million square miles

26/10/2021 The Third Vice President of the Government and Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera (L), the Minister of Territorial Policy and Government Spokesperson, Isabel Rodríguez (C), and the Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez, during the press conference after the Council of Ministers. Photo: La Moncloa.

Spain

PROTECTION MEASURES

Spanish government extends 'social shield' until February 2022

The Nomad Today 10/27/21

The decree includes the extension of the guarantee of gas, water and electricity supply, a social benefit for vulnerable groups, the suspension of evictions and the request for postponement or…

Vials of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine are displayed at a vaccination clinic at Winter Springs High School. As of 10 September 2021, 54% of Florida's population has been fully vaccinated. Photo: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Study: Pfizer booster raises Covid-19 protection for seniors

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/16/21

There were more than 10 times as many proven infections and almost 20 times as many severe illnesses among people with two jabs than among people who had received a third shot

Coronavirus

WHO videos: basic protective measures against the new coronavirus

The Nomad Today 2/27/20

What can you do to protect yourself from coronavirus COVID-19? How is the illness affecting people who get it? Find the answers in these videos from the World Health Organization.

Finland

"My father endangered his family to save Dutch soldiers; now we ask the Netherlands for protection"

The Nomad Today 9/6/19

Bashar Haydar escaped from Iraq in 2015 with the aim of reaching the Netherlands, whose troops were deployed in 2004 in his home province. He claims his father collaborated with the soldiers and even…