Over 20,900 participants from across the EU and beyond joined the #EUvsVirus Hackathon led by the European Innovation Council this weekend to offer their time, talent and business ideas to help support Europe’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Over 2,150 solutions were submitted in areas including health and life (898), business continuity (381), remote working and education (270), […]
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El impacto del coronavirus en África podría ser devastador
Dada la vulnerabilidad de los sistemas de salud en muchos países en vías de desarrollo, el coronavirus podría tener efectos devastadores, advierten los miembros de la comisión de Desarrollo del Parlamento Europeo. La UE está trabajando para apoyar a sus Estados miembros y amortiguar el impacto económico en Europa, pero el coronavirus es una pandemia y no conoce […]
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Delivering animal vaccines and antibodies to protect humans from diseases like COVID-19
How can scientists respond to infectious diseases that are transmitted from animals to humans? A European initiative has the answers. Zoonoses – diseases that can spread between animals and humans, like avian influenza, rabies and severe acute respiratory syndrome – comprise a large percentage of all newly identified infectious diseases. As they represent a persistent […]
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Global Report on Food Crises reveals COVID-19 poses risks to vulnerable countries
This week, an international alliance of UN, governmental, and nongovernmental agencies working to address the root causes of extreme hunger have released a new edition of their annual Global Report on Food Crises. The report by the Global Network Against Food Crises, along with key findings, statements by partners, and multimedia products unpacking its contents are […]
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The University of Almeria and Torrecardenas Hospital are working together against Covid-19
The World Health Organization has consistently stated that the most effective way to save lives is to “break the chains of transmission” by testing and isolating those infected: “Test, test, test”. To achieve this goal, the laboratories of the 17 Andalusian hospitals, as well as the different Andalusian universities and research centres, are collaborating intensively […]
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Special Coronavirus Bulletin No. 1 now available
Special Coronavirus Bulletin No. 1 now available! Given the current situation of Coronavirus, the European Documentation Centre has published a special edition of the Bulletin that gathers the most relevant information that we have published in our web page in the last month. The bulletin is structured in News; Calls; Statistics and Infographics; Recommended Bibliography; […]
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Efficient contact tracing applications to support the lifting of confinement measures
EU Members States, supported by the Commission, have developed an EU toolbox for the use of mobile applications for contact tracing and warning in response to the coronavirus pandemic. This is part of a common coordinated approach to support the gradual lifting of confinement measures. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Member States, backed by the […]
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Coronavirus: Commission issues guidelines on testing
As part of the European Roadmap towards lifting coronavirus containment measures, the Commission is presenting guidelines on coronavirus testing methodologies. Objective The guidance aims to support Member States in effectively using testing tools in the context of their national strategies and during the different stages of the pandemic, including when phasing out confinement measures. The Commission also […]
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Video conference of ministers of health, 15 April 2020
EU ministers of health are holding a video conference to take stock of the current situation and measures already taken in response to the spread of COVID-19 in the EU and to reflect on the challenges ahead in order to find the best coordinated approach for moving forward. Conclusions In their exchange of views, they […]
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