The leaders of six countries in the European Union called for building a stock of medicines and vital equipment in the European Union, and other measures, to enhance the flexibility of the bloc in the long term in the face of public health crises, and to draw lessons revealed by the spread of «Covid-19», which killed 407 thousand and 914 people At least around the world, since its appearance in China last December.
In a joint paper, I sent to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Lien, the day before yesterday, the leaders of Denmark, Spain, Germany, France, Belgium and Poland supported proposals on joint research, vaccine development and treatment.
In the letter, they said: The chaotic response to the outbreak of the new Corona virus "raised questions", about the degree of preparedness, and demonstrated the need for an approach at the European level, while a second wave of the Covid-19 epidemic is being discussed.
The message was signed alongside Macron and Merkel, heads of government of Poland Matoshe Muravetski, Spain Pedro Sanchez, Belgium Sophie Films, and Denmark Mitte Frederiksen.
This message came in the wake of a warning issued by the President of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanum Gebriesos, who said that "the situation in Europe is improving, but it is getting worse in the world."
They said in the document that the development of a "more comprehensive European strategy" could be more effective than each member state trying to enhance preparedness on its own.
The proposals included the creation of a stock of vital medicines, supplies and equipment, sufficient for three months throughout the European Union, in addition to cooperation between countries and companies to produce key products in times of crisis.
According to the official census, according to official sources, the new corona virus has killed at least 407,914 people in the world since its emergence in China in December.
Since the start of the epidemic, more than seven million and 169 thousand and 550 injuries have been officially recorded in 196 countries and regions.
After the United States, the countries most affected by the epidemic are: Britain with 40,883 deaths out of 289 thousand and 140 injuries, followed by Brazil with 37 thousand and 134 deaths out of 707 thousand and 412 injuries, then Italy with 34 thousand and 43 deaths out of 235 thousand And 561 injuries, France with 29 thousand and 269 deaths, out of 191 thousand and 394 injuries.
China announced 83,43 cases (three new cases), including 4,634 deaths, while 78,351 people recovered.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization said it was still unclear how quickly the new epidemic of the Corona virus could emerge from people without symptoms, one day after the head of the WHO's Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases Unit, Maria Van Kerkhof, raised a controversy by saying that This transition is "very rare."
For his part, the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, warned of a "global food crisis", whose consequences will be far-reaching for "hundreds of millions of children and adults", if no efforts were made to alleviate the consequences of the "Covid-19" epidemic.
"Our food systems are no longer working, and the pandemic (Covid-19) exacerbates the situation," Guterres said, in a statement released in conjunction with a United Nations study.
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