Issues affecting circumpolar nations
Harmonized data and circumpolar oriented statistics would contribute to better understanding the COVID-19 pandemic in the North, says a briefing
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Iceland began offering COVID-19 testing to international travellers on Monday, in hopes that giving tourists a way to avoid two-week
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People without Covid-19 symptoms will be allowed to travel within Sweden from June 13th, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven announced on
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This story is part of The COVID Economy, a CBC News series looking at how the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic is
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Demonstrations have spread across the globe following the death of a black man in the United States after a white
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While many businesses are struggling to survive through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, others are as busy as they’ve ever been.
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A man who became stuck at the Vaalimaa border station between Finland and Russia in mid-March, has now been stranded on the
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Nunavut’s public health emergency is extended until June 11 because of COVID-19. After releasing a reopening plan for the territory on
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Finnish tourism destinations are turning to virtual tourism to get around travel restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. The first
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Vaasa Central Hospital’s infectious diseases chief physician Juha Salonen told Svenska Yle that people who tested positive for Covid-19 in Finland’s western region
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Sweden on Monday saw its Covid-19 death toll pass 4,000, but State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell said that the overall situation in
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A total of 169 new cases were registered in Arkhangelsk region over the last 24 hours, more than 150 of
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The Nunavut government unveiled its COVID-19 reopening strategy Monday, with the territory’s top doctor calling it a flexible, cautious and
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Norway and Finland are looking at opening their borders for the tourist season and are said to be considering retaining
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They prepared for icy cold and trained to be on the watch for polar bears, but a pandemic just wasn’t
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