Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following outcomes: Inventory and comparison of existing mobile laboratories, including heavy structures (both military and civilian) and light self-sustained systems, evaluation of quality management systems for maintenance, validation and testing. New (mobile laboratory) solutions for the fast, reliable and unambiguous detection […]
SARS-CoV-2 in mink: recommendations to improve monitoring
Early detection of SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) should be a priority objective for monitoring activities at mink farms in the European Union, a new report recommends. The report, compiled by EFSA and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), proposes options for monitoring strategies that will help to prevent and control spread of the disease. It concludes […]
Outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Africa
As of 14 February 2021, four cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD), including two deaths, have been reported in the North Kivu province in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as well as seven cases in Guinea, including three deaths. On 7 February 2021, the Minister of Health of the […]