This European Commission (AK) convenes the Health Safety Committee this Thursday evaluate possible coordinated measures against recovery coronavirus cases in china, After Italy announced restrictions for travelers from that country.
“In light of the current situation of COVID-19 in China, the Commission convened the Health Safety Committee this Thursday with Member States and European Union (EU) institutions to discuss possible measures for a coordinated approach,” community spokesman Daniel Ferrie told Efe. Regarding Italy’s announcement that it will impose a mandatory coronavirus test on those arriving from China.
Ferrie, EC’s Union Council in October Free movement within the EU and travel to 27 to adapt to the improvement of the epidemiological situation.
Restrictions removed but “emergency brake” remains can be activated if necessary to reintroduce restrictions in a coordinated manner.
The spokesperson explained that these updates were adopted by Member States on 7 December. Agreement has been reached to return to the pre-pandemic approach to free movement and travel without any COVID-19 related measures.
“If the epidemiological situation so requires, COVID-19 related measures can be restarted in a coordinated manner and following a people-based approach,” he said.
He also implied the omicron variant BF7s coronaviruscommon in China, already available Europe and “did not grow significantly.”
“However, we will remain vigilant and ready to use the emergency brake if necessary.”
The United States joined Italy, India, Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia and Japan to announce new measures Wednesday after recording an exponential rise in covid cases after announcing the loosening of strong restrictions maintained by China.
To justify the move, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cited increasing infections and the lack of adequate and transparent information from China, including the genomic sequence of the strains.