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World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned world leaders to focus on international vaccination initiative COVAX. Dr.Tedros took ...

Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market, visited the Pfizer factory in Puurs, Belgium

VIDEO from inside the Pfizer vaccine factory in Puurs, Belgium

by EUdebates Team

23/02/2021

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Pfizer, in partnership with Germany company BioNtech, plans to supply 1.3 billion doses of the vaccine in 2021 from factories ...

Fake negative Covid-19 test certificates sold across Europe

by EUdebates Team

23/02/2021

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As long as travel restrictions remain in place due to the pandemic, it is very likely that criminals will seize ...

EU debates tourism industry and tries to save summer season 2021

by EUdebates Team

22/02/2021

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Can Europe save summer season 2021 with all travel restrictions related to the Coronavirus pandemic, which have decimated the tourism ...

Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission

President von der Leyen eudebates Global Citizen’s global recovery

by EUdebates Team

22/02/2021

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President von der Leyen will join EU support to international initiative Global Citizen for global recovery. On Tuesday, 23 February ...

Variants, vaccines and HERA Incubator in Europe

by EUdebates Team

21/02/2021

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New variants are already present in Europe and the EU is setting up a European bio-defence preparedness plan “HERA Incubator”. ...

Exterior of European Medicines Agency in Amsterdam - EMA

EMA preparing guidance to tackle COVID-19 variants

by EUdebates Team

18/02/2021

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EMA is developing guidance for manufacturers planning changes to the existing COVID-19 vaccines to tackle the new virus variants. In ...

COVID-19 global vaccination ‘wildly uneven and unfair’, UN chief warns

by EUdebates Team

17/02/2021

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António Guterres warns that progress on COVID-19 global vaccinations has been wildly uneven and unfair and UN Security Council will ...

Preparing Europe for the increased threat of variants

European Alarm over the increased threat of variants

by EUdebates Team

17/02/2021

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Commission is proposing immediate action to prepare Europe for the increased threat of coronavirus variants. The new European bio-defence preparedness plan against ...

Bill Gates: Can the world avoid a climate disaster?

by EUdebates Team

16/02/2021

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Bill Gates warns in the next 30 years we need scientific breakthroughs, technological innovations and global cooperation to avoid a ...

ECHO team member visiting the port area in Beirut

EU strengthens the EU Civil Protection Mechanism

by EUdebates Team

15/02/2021

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The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have reached an important political agreement to strengthen the EU ...

Illustration picture of a vaccines - vaccine

WHO: New COVID-19 variants raise questions around vaccines

by EUdebates Team

14/02/2021

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The emergence of new coronavirus variants has raised major questions around whether currently available vaccines will be effective, the head ...

Rwanda: COVID-19 pandemic pushes Rwandan economy into recession

by EUdebates Team

14/02/2021

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Rwanda has fallen into its first recession due to the COVID-19 pandemic and could potentially compromise years of gains in ...

WHO: Post-COVID symptoms will impact global healthcare

by EUdebates Team

13/02/2021

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Far more research is needed into the “constellation” of sometimes debilitating symptoms among people who’ve recovered from COVID-19, the World ...

EMA transparency and independence standards for treatments and vaccines

by EUdebates Team

13/02/2021

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has re-affirmed its long-standing commitment to independence and transparency in its evaluation of COVID-19 treatments ...