On the occasion of the health emergency caused by the expansion of COVID-19, declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Regional Government of Andalusia has launched PLAnd COVID-19, an Andalusian Platform for the Reception, Identification, Analysis and Transfer of Innovation Capacities and Solutions for the fight against COVID-19 by Andalusian companies and […]
Coronavirus: Commission issues guidance to mitigate clinical trial disruption in the EU
The Commission published yesterday guidance to ensure that clinical trials can continue taking place in the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic. Aim The aim is to mitigate the disruption of clinical research in Europe and therefore the negative effects of the pandemic, without compromising on quality and safety. These recommendations are an important part of the […]
Support to the EU cultural sector during the COVID-19 pandemic
The culture sector is suffering the impact of security measures introduced throughout the EU to tackle the spread of the coronavirus. One of the most affected sectors MEPs underlined the special nature of the creative sector and the difficulties faced by artists and called on the EU to provide support, in a resolution adopted on […]
#EUvsVirus hackathon: rise to over 2.000 pioneering solutions to fight the outbreak
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), […]
Coming up: economic impact Covid-19, agriculture, tyre labelling
Committees have a busy week ahead of them: from discussing Covid-19’s economic impact to voting on plans for tyre labelling and support for the agriculture sector. Coronavirus The economic affairs committee will discuss the economic impact and response to the Covid-19 outbreak with Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President for An Economy that Works for People, and […]
Viral Marketing: Counterfeits in the Time of Pandemic
New Europol report on who are the counterfeiters and how they are trying to profit from COVID-19 From websites selling fake COVID-19 blood screening tests taken down by several EU Member States’ law enforcement authorities to the seizure of substandard facemasks originating from Brazil and the sale of chloroquine via instant messaging apps: counterfeiters have […]
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 […]
COVID-19: MEPs call for an action plan for the tourism sector
The European Commission must present an action plan to help the tourism sector overcome the COVID-19 crisis, according to members of the EP’s Transport and Tourism Committee. Tourism: a highly affected sector In a debate with Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, MEPs insisted that the tourism sector needs more support through specific measures, funding, strengthened […]
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; […]