Germany calls an urgent EU meeting tomorrow due to new strain of COVID-19 – EU

Germany, which holds the rotating presidency of the EU, has convened representatives from other member states for an emergency meeting tomorrow on the new strain of coronavirus found in Britain, DPA reported.

Berlin is launching the EU’s Integrated Political Crisis Response Mechanism (IPCR), said the spokesman for the German presidency, Sebastian Fischer.

EU leaders are debating how to respond to the emergence of a new strain of COVID-19

The agenda is to coordinate the EU’s response to the new strain of the virus found in Britain, he said.

The control of travel to and from European countries is the responsibility of national governments, but the European Commission can coordinate, facilitate the exchange of information and make recommendations, notes the DPA.