The Inter-Territorial Council of the National Health System, of which the Ministry of Health and the Autonomous Regions are members, has agreed on a package of measures for areas that are in a significant community transmission stage. At the moment only the Community of Madrid, the city of Vitoria and the town of Labastida are […]
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EDA Statement: COVID-19 Update
The European Defence Agency (EDA) confirms that two additional staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. Both staff members have been at home in self-isolation since 2 March and have thus not returned to the Agency since symptoms appeared. Given that both staff members had been in close contact with the first staff member who […]
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Antimicrobial resistance in the EU: infections with foodborne bacteria becoming harder to treat
The latest data from humans, animals, and food show that a large proportion of Salmonella bacteria are multidrug-resistant. In humans, resistance to ciprofloxacin is common, particularly in certain types of Salmonella, and resistance to high concentrations of ciprofloxacin increased overall from 1.7% (2016) to 4.6% (2018). For Campylobacter, 16 out of 19 countries report very high or extremely high […]
Read MoreECB announces operational precautions linked to coronavirus
All non-essential travel by ECB Executive Board and staff members restricted until 20 April 2020 Conferences at the ECB postponed, with exception of monetary policy press conferences All non-essential visits including visitor group programme suspended The Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) today announced a range of operational measures that it is taking […]
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COVID-19: Commission steps up research funding and selects 17 projects in vaccine development, treatment and diagnostics
Following the publication of a €10 million call in January, the Commission has secured an additional €37.5 million for urgently needed research on COVID-19 vaccine development, treatment and diagnostics. This action is part of the coordinated EU response to the public health threat of COVID-19. With the additional amount from the Horizon 2020 programme, the Commission is scaling up […]
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Statement by the President of the ECB about Covid-19
Statement by Christine Lagarde The coronavirus outbreak is a fast developing situation, which creates risks for the economic outlook and the functioning of financial markets. The ECB is closely monitoring developments and their implications for the economy, medium-term inflation and the transmission of our monetary policy. We stand ready to take appropriate and targeted measures, as […]
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NOW: Press conference about Coronavirus
LIVE Recently, the COVID-19 virus has been detected in 78 countries and has come to be considered at “very high risk” according to the WHO. After these new updates regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and its rapid spread, Public Health broadcasts a live press conference in which Fernando Simon offers some statements regarding the virus and […]
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COVID-19: UN releases US$15 million to help vulnerable countries to combat coronavirus
The head of the UN Office of Humanitarian Affairs, Mark Lowcock, has released US$15 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to help fund global efforts to contain the virus responsible for COVID-19. The announcement came as the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the global risk of a coronavirus outbreak to “very high”, its […]
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The European Commission will address the issue of Coronavirus at its meeting on 5th March
A meeting of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety will be held on 5th March to discuss new updates on the issue of the coronavirus (COVID-19). This meeting is expected to address the following points: Update by the Commission on the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation Amending Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European […]
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