EU convenes emergency summit on coronavirus

This is the third EU summit this month, but the first to focus exclusively on how to deal with the pandemic.

The head of the European Council, Charles Michel, decided to hold on October 29 a summit of heads of state and government of the European Union in relation to the coronavirus pandemic. He announced it on Wednesday, October 21 on his Twitter page.

It should be noted that the meeting will be held online.

“I invite leaders to an informal video conference on October 29, 2020 on COVID-19. We must strengthen our collective efforts in the fight against COVID-19,” the message read.

Invitation to Leaders to an Informal Video Conference on October 29, 2020 on COVID-19

We need to strengthen our collective effort to fight # COVID-19

– Charles Michel (@eucopresident) October 21, 2020

We will remember, this is the third EU summit this month, but the first, which is dedicated exclusively to methods to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

According to the latest data, more than 41.5 million cases of COVID-19 were registered in the world, of which almost 31 million ended in recovery and more than 1.1 million in death. Additionally, more than 7.5 million cases have been confirmed in Europe.

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As reported, the situation with COVID-19 has drastically deteriorated in EU countries: anti-registration of the incidence is massively registered in them. At the same time, Spain became the first European country in which the number of people infected by a new coronavirus exceeded one million.

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