China News Service, February 29th. According to the Associated Press, on the 28th local time, a spokesman of the European Commission announced through the official Twitter account that EU health ministers will hold a ministerial summit on March 6 for joint discussions. In response to the relevant measures of the new crown pneumonia virus, a unified European defense policy was formulated to effectively curb the spread of the epidemic.
According to official reports, according to official data, Italy, the country with the worst outbreak in the EU member states, has so far confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in the country to 889, including 21 deaths, 64 critically ill patients, and rehabilitation patients. 46 people.
As of the 28th, a total of 62 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia have been detected in Germany, 57 in France, 41 in Spain, 15 in Switzerland, and 5 in Austria. Some patients in countries around Italy are related to the spread of the epidemic in that country. Public opinion indicates that curbing the spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has become an important issue in European countries.
On the 27th local time, French President Macron emphasized during his visit to Italy that to curb the spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the most important thing is to improve the cooperation mechanism between European countries and the EU and the international community. The response to the epidemic is by no means a simple border closure And closing the border will not stop the spread of the epidemic.
According to reports, the EU ’s summit of member states ’health ministers did not plan for the meeting in advance. The last EU meeting on the topic of the new crown pneumonia outbreak was held two weeks ago. At that time, EU health ministers promised to coordinate with each other to combat the spread of the new crown virus. (Yang Xianwei)