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News about Coronavirus

Silicone arm like the one used by the Italian man to try to deceive doctors. Image: Screenshot from Amazon website.

CORONAVIRUS

Italian man tries to avoid vaccination with silicon fake skin sleeve

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/5/21

Files have been charged against the man and health authorities have said they plan to report the case to prosecutors

CORONAVIRUS

Fines of up to € 30,000 in Spain for violating Covid pass rules

The Nomad Today 12/4/21

The obligation to show the vaccination certificate in restaurants and entertainment venues came into effect in the Valencian Community on Saturday at 00:00

A view of the center of Oslo. Photo: Foreigner.fi/File photo.

TRAVEL

Compulsory Covid testing on arrival in Norway even if fully vaccinated

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/3/21

The testing obligation applies to both vaccinated and unvaccinated people

16 November 2021, Austria, Voesendorf: A policeman checks the covid passport of a citizen amid lockdown imposed by the authorities on unvaccinated people. Photo: Hans Punz/APA/dpa.

CORONAVIRUS

Links to obtain the Covid passport in Spain, region by region

The Nomad Today 12/2/21

Find in this article the relevant links to download the health passport through the state Ministry of Health or from the electronic services of your autonomous community

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

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

24 November 2021, Bavaria, Munich: An inspector of the Munich public transport company (MVG) checks the digital vaccination certificate of a woman at the entrance to the underground station at Stachus during a focal point inspection for compliance with the 3G rules in public transport (PNV). From Wednesday, those who want to travel by bus and train must be vaccinated, recovered or tested for Coronavirus. Photo: Matthias Balk/dpa.

Spanish regions requesting Covid passport during December long weekend

The Nomad Today 12/1/21

This is, as of today, the map and the current situation in the different Spanish autonomous territories

A view of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. Photo: Pixabay.

CORONAVIRUS

Sweden introduces vaccination certificate requirement for events

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/1/21

The proof of vaccination - recoveries and negative tests do not count - can be presented on a smartphone or on paper

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.

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.

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…

Passengers wait in front of the check-in counters at Frankfurt Airport. German authorities announced restrictions on flights to South Africa on Friday, amid fears of a new virus variant there, even as they work to shore up its health care network amid a pandemic virus wave already infecting tens of thousands new people every day. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa.

OMICRON VARIANT

WHO urges countries to test travellers instead of banning them

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/1/21

According to the WHO, at least 56 countries have responded to the latest variant of the coronavirus with travel restrictions

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

France reports first Omicron case

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/30/21

The infected person had travelled to Mozambique in mid-November

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.

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

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

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

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/29/21

Those affected had been isolated

CORONAVIRUS

Finnair to allow checking covid passport online before traveling

The Nomad Today 11/29/21

Customers will get a 'clear to travel' confirmation together with an online boarding pass. No certificate checks are needed at the airport

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

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

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.

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

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