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Eurostat, a Directorate-General of the European Commission, published some data related to the COVID-19 response: The number of air passengers halved in March 2020 in 13 EU member states: Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Croatia, Italy (see country note), Cyprus, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland, including a ...
[2] [3] [4] European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen first announced plans for such a body in 2020. [2] On 15 September 2021, the EU announced the launch of HERA [3] and the service was established as a directorate-general of the European Commission on 16 September. [5] HERA has been operational since early 2022. [2] [4]
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This is a general overview and status of places affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus which causes coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, the capital of the province of Hubei in China in December 2019. It ...
Most countries and territories affected with COVID-19 introduced and enforced some form of lockdown. However, only a few exceptions included Japan , South Korea and Taiwan , which rapidly and consistently implemented highly organized mass testing , contact tracing , public messaging and selective quarantining to identify and isolate outbreaks.
The package, which could be worth several trillion euros and is linked to the European Union budget, is being drafted by the executive European Commission for review by the bloc's leaders by ...
The European Commission organized a video conference of world leaders on 4 May 2020 to raise funds for COVID-19 vaccine development. US$8 billion was raised. [98] The European Commission issued a new multi-year data plan in February 2020 pushing the digitalization of all aspects of EU society for the benefit of civic and economic growth.
Italy was the first European country to experience a major outbreak in early 2020, becoming the first country worldwide to introduce a national lockdown. [4] By 13 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Europe the epicentre of the pandemic [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and it remained so until the WHO announced it was overtaken by South America ...