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The ECDC publishes maps broken down by region and morbidity every Thursday as part of the 2020 strategy. 13 October The Council of Europe Recommendation on a harmonized approach to restrictions on free movement adopted by EU Member States in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, adopted by EU Member States. You can find the map here.
The 27 EU member states have taken various measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Some of them, such as quarantine requirements or a coronavirus test, have affected the right of citizens to move freely within the EU.
The purpose of the introduction of the aforementioned measures is to guarantee the well-being and health of the people, on the other hand, they also had serious consequences for the economy and the rights of citizens. The right to freely travel and reside in the EU is one of the EU’s most valuable achievements and an important driver of its economy.
According to the Council of Europe, the coordinated, clearly predictable and transparent enforcement of restrictions on freedom of movement is necessary to prevent the spread of the virus, protect human health, and at the same time ensure free movement within the Union in safer conditions. This is important to the millions of people who have to cross national borders on a daily basis and it is also critical to a secure economic recovery.
The Recommendation identifies four key areas for closer cooperation between Member States. One of them is a special map in which regions are marked with certain colors according to the number of cases.
Based on the data provided by the Member States, the ECDC will publish a regional map of the EU Member States, showing the level of risk in all European regions using a traffic light color scheme. Regions will be marked “green”, “orange”, “red” and “gray” (if not enough information is available).
The map will also include data for Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
On this map, the areas should be marked with the following colors:
-green if the rate of reported cases is less than 25 and the number of positive test results is less than 4%,
– orange if the rate of reported cases is less than 50 and the rate of positive test results is 4%. or higher, or if the reported case is between 25 and 150 and the positive test result is less than 4%,
-red if the reported case rate is 50 or more and the positive test result rate is 4%. or higher, or if the rate of reported cases is higher than 150,
-grey if not enough information is available or if the number of studies carried out is 300 or less.
The map will also provide travelers with general information about the level of risk at the destination. Based on information provided on the Re-open EU online platform, travelers need to understand whether they can expect to be subject to certain measures when traveling to another EU region. The map shows data that is updated every Tuesday until 11:59 pm EU Member States will provide the European Surveillance System (TESSy) database or will be available to the ECDC through official sources.
The main common criteria for Member States to decide whether to impose restrictions on free movement are:
-report of reported cases (total number of new COVID-19 cases reported per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days at the regional level),
-positive test rate (percentage of positive tests compared to all COVID-19 infection tests performed in the last week),
-the rate of tests performed (number of COVID-19 infection tests performed per 100,000 inhabitants in the last week).
To ensure the availability of complete and comparable data, Member States shall provide the necessary data on a weekly basis to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
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