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President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday that we are in a true wave 2 of the pandemic and that there are negative records on all indicators in most European countries.
“In just a few minutes I will attend the meeting of the members of the European Council, in videoconference format. We will have regular meetings to review the EU’s response to the pandemic. Unfortunately, we are in a real wave of the pandemic, and if we look at the figures reported daily, we notice that there are negative records in most European countries. At the European level, the effort to reduce the infection curve must be collective. Solidarity is the watchword and, I believe, the key that will allow us to overcome this terrible challenge. “, the president said, according to News.ro.
In his view, the exchange of information and good practices between Member States needs to be accelerated and greater coordination is needed in many areas, as well as urgent measures to adequately respond to the new pandemic wave.
Tonight we will address relevant elements from the perspective of the coordinated management of the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the stage of purchase of drugs necessary for treatment, vaccine acquisition process, testing strategies, mutual recognition of tests, quarantine approach and tracing. border. I set out to emphasize to the European partners the importance of ensuring the proper functioning of the single market and free movement within the European Union. “, Explained Iohannis,
He added that the need to ensure adequate and sufficient stocks of medicines and medical equipment in all Member States will be discussed.
“We have the experience of the first wave, when buying them was extremely difficult and, in the end, very expensive, and now we have to take all the necessary measures to avoid a similar situation. The solutions are, and I will remind you at the meeting, I mean RescEU’s storage reserves, as they are called, and joint acquisitions, which turned out to be especially helpful. Another important topic of tonight’s video conference is specific measures related to testing, isolation and quarantine, as well as the vaccination strategy at Member State level.Iohannis stated.
The president considers that a unified approach at the level of all the countries of the European Union is absolutely necessary, agreeing on common criteria and tools for the mutual recognition of test results.
“Once the COVID-19 vaccine is available, we hope that it will be shipped to all Member States as soon as possible. However, it is necessary, and I will emphasize, increasing the funding available under the Emergency Support Instrument in order to to increase the supply of vaccines.Klaus Iohannis stressed.
After the tests carried out at the national level, with respect to the last report, 6,481 new cases of people infected by the new coronavirus were registered, these cases being that they had not previously had a positive test.
