The EU-European Union held an online summit, recognizing that it is necessary to continue measures such as movement restrictions imposed by member countries in response to the discovery of mutated new coronaviruses around the world. It matched.
The EU held an online summit on the 25th to discuss the new coronavirus.
Among them, each country is accelerating vaccination, saying that "the infection situation is still serious and the mutant virus is a further issue", while the curfew and borders that each member country is doing at night We agreed that it is necessary to continue measures to prohibit cross-movement in principle.
After that, it was confirmed that the EU executive body, the European Commission, will utilize the framework for industry-academia-government collaboration announced last week to urgently take measures such as genome analysis of mutant viruses and development of new vaccines.
At a press conference after the meeting, EU President Michelle acknowledged that the situation surrounding the new corona is tough as vaccinations in the region are behind schedule, but "we will be in crisis in the coming months. There is a way out, "he said, and expressed his hope that vaccination and countermeasures against mutant viruses would proceed.