⁍ Leaders agreed to better coordinate efforts to battle the virus as infections in Europe exceeded 10 million.
⁍ EU countries want to avoid divisions which dogged the 27-nation bloc at the beginning of the pandemic.
⁍ The Commission is also intensifying its efforts to get potential vaccines against the new coronavirus.
– Pandemic H1N1 is back in a big way in Europe, where infections have topped 10 million and hospitalizations are on the rise. So the European Union is ponying up $260 million to help hospitals across the 27-nation bloc transfer patients, Reuters reports. “The spread of the virus will overwhelm our healthcare systems if we do not act urgently,” said the head of the EU Commission. At a video conference today, EU leaders agreed to better coordinate efforts to fight the virus, and to get potential vaccines to the masses as soon as possible.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-eu-overwhelmed/eu-to-fund-transfer-of-covid-patients-across-borders-to-prevent-hospitals-collapse-idUSKBN27E3JZ