Despite a holiday ban due to the corona pandemic, according to media reports, thousands of Irish have recently flown abroad. To do this, they use a loophole in the legislation:
Travel is permitted if it is necessary for health reasons. Numerous people have now booked dental appointments in Spain, for example, reported the Internet portal "Politico".
A dental assistant on the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife told RTÉ Radio that her practice received five to seven appointment requests a day from Irish people, often young couples. Usually the patients are elderly European travelers, she said.
This wave of bookings is new - and many do not keep their appointment. "Since they don't show up, we understand that it's just an excuse to go on vacation. They take dates away from people who need them and are in pain," she said. The hands of the Irish police are tied.
Fines of 500 euros have already been imposed on hundreds of people. However, the police have no right to prevent travelers from leaving the country if they can show confirmed appointments.
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INGV reported that Strombolian activity from all four of Etna’s summit craters, the Southeast Crater (SEC), Northeast Crater (NEC), Bocca Nuova (BN), and Voragine (VOR), was visible during 8-14 February.
The frequency and intensity of explosions at SEC were variable; almost continuous strong explosions originated from two vents in the E part of the top of the cone. Tephra accumulated near the top of the cone and rolled several tens of meters down the flanks.
In the period from January to December of last year, the Hamburg nanoscientist Roland Wiesendanger compiled various findings from scientific studies, articles, reports in social media and other sources and
came to the conclusion: The pathogen Sars-CoV-2 is not of natural origin, but comes from a laboratory in Wuhan. The physicist cites the following points as evidence for these theories: To date, no so-called intermediate host animal has been identified that
proves according to the "zoonosis theory" that the coronaviruses were transmitted from bats to humans. A research group at the virological institute in the city of Wuhan has carried out genetic manipulations on coronaviruses for many years.
The pharmaceutical companies Biontech / Pfizer initially demanded an extremely high price in the negotiations with the EU about the delivery of the corona vaccine they had developed.
According to information from "Süddeutscher Zeitung", NDR and WDR, the consortium demanded 54.08 euros per dose for its vaccine, with a purchase of 500 million doses. Pfizer / Biontech wanted a total of 27 billion euros
for a quantity of the vaccine that could have been used to vaccinate half of the EU population. The price, according to the companies, includes "the highest percentage discount" that has been offered to an industrialized country worldwide.
"Today we found five victims, one in sector B and four in sector A. From the results of the autopsy, three were males and two females, including adults and children," the East Java Search and Rescue (SAR) Agency's Head Hari Adi Purnomo said
"Due to the bad weather, the search didn't continue as the team didn't want to take any risk. In addition, land fractures were also reported at the location, making the team stop the search temporarily," he said.
On Thursday, Cambodia's government released a sub-decree imposing stiffer fines on individuals found defying the quarantine laws of COVID-19.
The sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said that a maximum fine of 1,250 US dollars would be levied on quarantine violators, up from the existing 250 US dollars.
It said the fines are imposed on individuals who escape from the quarantine facility or refuse to offer their samples for COVID-19 testing.
FINSH SCIENTISTS DISCOVERD A FULLY NEW TYP CORONAVIRUS MUTATION. The mutation initial named "Fin-796H" has traits from the British and South African mutation.
The coronavirus variants found in the world are descendants of a South African, British or Japanese corona variant. The variant found in Finland differs from all these and does not seem to belong to the development line of any of them.