Protective equipment

26 March 2022, Ukraine, Kiev: A young girl blows bubbles as people take shelter in a metro station serving as an underground bomb shelter. Photo: Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

Ukrainian girl empties piggy bank to buy soldier protective vest

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/29/22

The 7-year-old girl had almost saved enough to buy a smartphone when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began

27/02/2022 Spanish soldiers loading one of the shipments of aid material for Ukraine. Photo: Rubén Somonte/MDE.

Spain

WAR IN UKRAINE

Spain sends 20,000 kilos of protective equipment, medical supplies to Ukraine

The Nomad Today 2/27/22

The Minister of Defense thanked the Army and the Air Force for their great efforts so that this material could be transferred today

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Security of Supply Center: new masks are suitable for hospital use

The Nomad Today 4/15/20

The first shipment of protective masks brought on 4-5 April did not meet the quality requirements of the hospitals.

Finland

CORONAVIRUS

Once upon a time Finland was a leader in protective gear production

The Nomad Today 4/14/20

A few years ago, the Finnish company Kemira Safety closed its plant in Vaasa and transferred the production of protective equipment to another factory in England.

Finland

CORONAVIRUS

Next round of protective masks lack European safety certification mark

The Nomad Today 4/12/20

Next week will arrive in Helsinki a shipment of medical equipment without CE certification of conformity with European protection standards. The supplier company admits those masks just meet Chinese…

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Finland

Trash-masks scandal

Security Supply Center CEO resigns after face mask fiasco

The Nomad Today 4/10/20

Minister of Employment Tuula Haatainen, under whose responsibility operated the agency that committed the millionaire purchase of useless material for hospitals, refuses to resign.