Current Vaccination in Europe As of December 1, 2021, and as of November 30, 2021, an additional 15 cases of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron VOC have been confirmed, bringing the total to 59 confirmed cases. The cases have been reported by 11 European Union and European Economic Area countries : Austria (3), Belgium (2), Czech Republic (1), […]
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The European Commission considers making COVID-19 vaccine compulsory
The Commission is today putting forward a common and coordinated EU approach to address effectively the challenges from the resurgence of COVID-19 in many Member States this autumn. There are rapidly rising case numbers and a renewed pressure on hospitals, which calls for urgent and determined action. The new potential threat from the Omicron variant […]
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COVID-19 evolution in Europe
This news item shows the updated data, obtained from Johns Hopkins University, concerning the incidence of diagnosed cases and deaths due to the COVID-19 virus in Europe. As can be seen, it is safe to say that we have entered the sixth wave of this disease. Europe currently has 88,319,986 diagnosed cases and 1,556,648 deaths due to […]
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Coronavirus Present situation and vaccination in Spain
In Spain, a total of 5.174.720 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 88.080 deaths have been reported so far. The Autonomous Communities with the highest cumulative incidence in the last 7 days are Navarra (AI: 353,90), the Basque Country (AI: 313,62) and Aragón (AI: 245,68). With regard to the situation of care capacity and COVID-19 activity […]
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Coronavirus Present Situation in Africa
This news item shows updated data, obtained from Johns Hopkins University, concerning the incidence of diagnosed cases and deaths from the COVID-19 virus in Africa. Africa currently has 8.618.801 diagnosed cases and 222,481 deaths from COVID-19 disease. Countries with the highest average incidence of cases diagnosed in the last 7 days Country Avarage dialy […]
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EUROPEAN AGENDA: Confinement COVID-19
Following the detection of the new Omicron variant and the increase of diagnosed cases in Europe, the different European countries have taken measures to prevent the spread of the virus among their population. Latest measures (01/12/2021) Germany New areas with a particularly high risk of infection have been established due to the widespread presence of […]
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Nearly half a million lives saved by COVID-19 vaccination in less than a year
A new study by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published in Eurosurveillance estimates that 470,000 lives have been saved among those aged 60 years and over since the start of COVID-19 vaccination roll-out in 33 countries across the WHO European Region. This estimate does not […]
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Safe travel coordination strengthened in the EU
The European Commission has proposed to update the rules on coordination of safe and free movement in the EU, which were put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the summer, vaccine uptake has increased significantly and the EU Digital COVID Certificate has been rolled out successfully, with more than 650 million certificates […]
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New future-proof EU pharmaceutical policy
Affordable medicines, preventing shortages and a climate-neutral industry – Parliament presses for a new EU pharmaceutical policy. During the plenary session in November 2021, the European Parlimanet set out a series of recommendations for the update of the EU’s pharmaceutical legislation. Faster access In 2019, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) authorised 103 orphan drugs – which are […]
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