Lithuania’s Health Ministry has updated its list of coronavirus-affected countries and people arriving from Norway, Hungary and Canada will be required to self-isolate from Monday. The cumulative two-week number of cases in these countries has exceeded the 16 per 100,000 threshold but has not gone above 25, meaning that peopleContinue Reading
It is not yet clear how realistic it is to achieve a 30 percent pay rise for medics next year, but if it does not happen, the health sector will prepare for protests, Karlis Racenis, chairman of the Latvian Junior Doctors Association, said on August 20. “This is how weContinue Reading
THE FINNISH INSTITUTE for Health and Welfare (THL) has announced the test use of a mobile app designed to identify people who have been exposed to the new coronavirus will begin on Tuesday, 4 August. The app enables people to contain the spread of the virus and protect themselves andContinue Reading
The coronavirus crisis has seen Finland spend more to secure the western border than has ever been seen during peacetime. Costs have so far risen to nearly 13 million euros and hundreds of border guards have been relocated from other areas and even called out of retirement to work onContinue Reading
Norway has opened up for leisure travel to and from all countries in the EU and Schengen area except for Bulgaria, Croatia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania, Hungary, and most of Sweden. This means that residents of Norway will be able to travel to sun-soaked holiday destinations in Spain, Greece and ItalyContinue Reading