“Countries in the Schengen area have the right to independently introduce control measures for safety or health reasons. In this case, COVID-19 is about healthcare ... Such measures can be taken, but they should be based on risk analysis and scientific data, ”RIA Novosti quoted the representative of the European Commission.
Earlier, EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic said that the EU is working on various crisis scenarios around the development of the situation with coronavirus.
It was also reported that the EU will additionally allocate more than € 230 million to combat coronavirus.