16/08/19

[Maik]

Greece

Although no courses or boosters are usually advised when travelling to this country, vaccines to consider include Tetanus and Tick-borne Encephalitis.

Selectively advised vaccines - only for those individuals at highest risk - include Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B.

The NHS notes that “vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is usually recommended for anyone who plans to live or work in a high-risk area, or hike and camp in these areas during late spring or summer.”

The ticks that cause TBE are mainly found in forested areas of central, eastern and northern Europe.

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/lifestyle/travel-vaccinations-injections-needed-for-holidays-to-turkey-greece-dubai-and-italy-1-9935590

[Maik]

Mechanical problem on the Agios Gerasimos yesterday meant the ferry, which had crossed from Frikes (Ithaki) to Astakos (mainland), had to sail to Lixouri for repair and re-certification of fitness.

[Maik]

Family's £3,500 Thomas Cook holiday from hell where 'teens in hotel did drugs all day'
EXCLUSIVE: Clare Gibley, 41, sad the Zante Plaza Hotel & Apartments felt more like Club 18-30 than suitable for a family of five holiday

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/familys-thomas-cook-holiday-hell-18875847

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Greenland: Trump warned that island cannot be bought from Denmark

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49367792

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They are opening new cinemas in the uk for people who take videos in portrait mode.
The new cinema screens will be 30 yds tall, but only 10 yds wide, the cinema will be made narrow but extra long to accommodate people.