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Why isn't Europe better prepared for the coronavirus outbreak?
From CNN's Tara John and James Frater
European Union health ministers held emergency talks Friday on the response to the coronavirus outbreak, which has swept through nearly all its 27 member states, as questions mount over the apparent lack of preparedness in Europe.
More than two months since first known cases were reported in China, the number of confirmed infections reached more than 5,500 in EU member states on Friday.
Yet observers say the aggressive measures needed to curtail an epidemic has yet to materialize.
Czech Health Minister Adam Vojtěch said ahead of the meeting in Brussels on Friday that "the lack of protective masks and all the protective equipment and disinfectant" is "really concerning," and called for the European Commission to speed its procurement process up -- something the EU's executive branch said it would do nearly two weeks ago.
Many countries across Europe were already facing drug shortages before the onset of the virus, with a particular shortage in respiratory medications, according to a report published by the Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU).
Read the full article here.
Why isn't Europe better prepared for the coronavirus outbreak?
From CNN's Tara John and James Frater
European Union health ministers held emergency talks Friday on the response to the coronavirus outbreak, which has swept through nearly all its 27 member states, as questions mount over the apparent lack of preparedness in Europe.
More than two months since first known cases were reported in China, the number of confirmed infections reached more than 5,500 in EU member states on Friday.
Yet observers say the aggressive measures needed to curtail an epidemic has yet to materialize.
Czech Health Minister Adam Vojtěch said ahead of the meeting in Brussels on Friday that "the lack of protective masks and all the protective equipment and disinfectant" is "really concerning," and called for the European Commission to speed its procurement process up -- something the EU's executive branch said it would do nearly two weeks ago.
Many countries across Europe were already facing drug shortages before the onset of the virus, with a particular shortage in respiratory medications, according to a report published by the Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU).
Read the full article here.
