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The European Commission (EC) has developed and announced three criteria for the removal of quarantines in the EU, with no possible date to lift them. This was stated by the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in a video conference presenting the EC’s recommendations to the countries of the Community on the elimination of quarantine.
“The first is the epidemiological criteria, which must confirm that the spread of the disease has decreased significantly over a long period of time. This could be evidenced, for example, by the constant decrease in the number of new infections and hospitalizations,” he said.
The published document of the European Commission also reveals the other criteria, the second of which is the availability of sufficient capacity of the health system. “For example: employment rate in intensive care units, adequate number of hospital beds, access to necessary pharmaceuticals in intensive care units for which there is an imminent risk of deficiency (antibiotics, anesthetics, resuscitation and muscle relaxants), restoration of equipment (ventilators, protective equipment), emergency medical care and sufficient human resources with the appropriate skills, “according to the recommendations.
Finally, the third criterion is the sufficient potential of disease surveillance and the contact system of infected people. “In particular, large-scale testing opportunities are needed to detect disease and the spread of the virus, along with the ability to trace contacts and quarantine for recurrence and further spread of infections. Antibodies to control the proportion of the population that successfully passed COVID-19 and is likely to have acquired immunity, “the document says.
In the last week in most EU countries, the number of infected and dead per day has stabilized relatively and, in some cases, has even started to decrease. But it is still consistently high, with no clear downward trend. On April 13, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the extension of the quarantine in France until May 11, as the country’s epidemic “is not yet limited.” On April 15, the Belgian National Security Council must decide the quarantine period in that country, where the restrictive measures are in force until May 3.
The European Union will host a video donor conference on May 4 to raise funds to fight the coronavirus, in particular to raise funds for the development of the vaccine, the head of the European Commission said today.
“We will hold a donor conference on May 4 to gather assistance to fight the coronavirus. It will be the first such conference in history,” he said.
“We need to create a vaccine. This is a global task, and when the vaccine is created, it must be equally accessible to every country in the world. Funding is needed to support this work, and a donor conference will fill the funding gap in this area”. in close cooperation with the World Health Organization and other international partners, and we hope that our initiative will be supported by all countries, “said von der Layen, quoted by BGNES.
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