Vaccination
EU divided over 'vaccine passports'
EU countries are increasingly looking at using proof of COVID-19 inoculation as a "vaccine passport" but the idea is divisive.
Feb 10, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Canada to require negative COVID test at land border Feb 15
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that starting next week any nonessential traveler arriving in Canada by land will need to show a negative PCR-based COVID-19 test or face a fine if they don't have ...
Feb 9, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Austria warns against travel to Tyrol, eases virus curbs
Austria on Monday issued a warning against travel to its Tyrol province amid concerns over cases of a coronavirus variant first discovered in South Africa, even as the country eased its third lockdown by reopening schools, ...
Feb 8, 2021
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Vaccination
Sweden, Denmark to develop digital vaccine 'passports'
Sweden on Thursday announced it would start the development of digital vaccine certificates, to be used for travel and potentially more, following a similar move by Denmark a day earlier.
Feb 4, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
WHO says virus 'catastrophic' for cancer care in Europe
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a "catastrophic" impact on cancer treatment, the World Health Organization's European branch warned on Thursday, with cancer services disrupted in a third of countries in the region.
Feb 4, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Countries tighten borders against virus as US orders mask-wearing
A number of countries tightened their borders against a surge in variant strains of the deadly coronavirus as the United States on Saturday ordered travellers to wear masks on most public transport.
Jan 30, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Canada to quarantine travelers, suspend flights south
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced stricter restrictions on travelers in response to new, likely more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus—including making it mandatory for travelers to quarantine ...
Jan 29, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
EU agrees new coronavirus travel curbs
EU member state ambassadors approved a new map of coronavirus danger zones across the bloc on Friday, allowing authorities to impose stricter regional travel restrictions.
Jan 29, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Do COVID-19 travel bans work? What happened when the U.S. restricted travel from China and Italy
The coronavirus was still a far-away problem in Wuhan when U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ban on travel from China in late January 2020. Six weeks later, as the coronavirus ravaged Italy, Trump closed travel from ...
Jan 28, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Germany plans travel halt from virus variant countries
Germany is banning most travellers from countries hardest hit by coronavirus variants, the interior minister said on Thursday, to stop the strains from reversing recent progress on lowering infections.
Jan 28, 2021
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