The European Commission has urged member states to tighten up monitoring guidelines, for example by analyzing waste water. For its part, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control emphasizes that the variants detected in China are “already circulating in the EU”.
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The European Commission has recognized this China’s surge in coronavirus cases is “alarming” and “maybe sooner rather than later” should be introduced new control measuresalthough it has tentatively urged Member States to tighten up monitoring guidelines, for example sequencing samples to detect new variants or analyzing waste water, particularly that from airports.
This has been stated by the European Health Commissioner, Stella Kyriakides, in a letter to the Health Ministers of the Twenty-Seven, in which she insists that Brussels follows the evolution of events “closely”, something which was already made clear on Thursday with an extraordinary phone call of the Health Security Committee.
He admits that data from China is “quite sparse” and that vaccination levels in this country are “low”, both aspects that have already led several countries to take action yourself. Within the EU, Spain joined Italy on Friday, which already took a first step on Wednesday.
That is what the Commissioner is assuming you have to be “prepared”., although there is no common measure for the time being. However, Thursday’s meeting reportedly showed a “broad consensus” that member states should do so coordinated action so that the measures that can be taken are effective.
Kyriakides suggests as “immediate” initiatives sequencing samples to detect new variants. If an unknown variant appeared, it would be necessary “respond quickly”To add.
The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reiterated on Friday that the variants are currently present in China “they are already circulating in the EU”so basically the appearance of more cases would not jeopardize the “immune response” that European citizens already have.
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Source: EITB
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