EU Raises Risk Level Of COVID-19 Infection
The risk for people living or travelling in Europe to be infected with the COVID-19 has been leveled up by the European Center for Disease Prevention Control to "moderate to high."
Tuesday 03 March 2020 | 12:01
A man wearing a protective suit decontaminates a primary school where a child was diagnosed with coronavirus in Thessaloniki, Greece, Feb. 27, 2020.(Photo by Dimitris Tosidis/Xinhua)
The risk for people living or travelling in Europe to be infected with the COVID-19 has been levelled up by the European Center for Disease Prevention Control (ECDC), European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Monday.
According to the daily ECDC risk assessment published on Monday, the risk associated with COVID-19 infection for people in the EU/EEA and UK is currently considered "moderate to high". In its previous assessment published on Feb. 23, the assessment was low to moderate.
"In other words the virus continues to spread," von der Leyen told a press conference in Brussels.
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Praising the efforts made by the European Commission to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak, von der Leyen also announced the establishment of a COVID-19 response team that comprises high-profile commissioners.
