Since 31 December 2019 and as of 29 March 2020, 657 140 cases of COVID-19 (in accordance with the applied case definitions and testing strategies in the affected countries) have been reported, including 30 451 deaths. The deaths have been reported from Italy (10 023), Spain (5 690), China (3 306), Iran (2 517), France
Continue Reading...Situation update for the EU/EEA and the UK, as of 29 March 2020
As of 29 March 2020, 331 122 cases have been reported in the EU/EEA and the UK: Italy (92 472), Spain (72 248), Germany (52 547), France (37 575), United Kingdom (17 089), Netherlands (9 762), Belgium (9 134), Austria (8 291), Portugal (5 170), Norway (3 845), Sweden (3 447), Czech Republic (2 663), Ireland (2 415), Denmark (2 201), Luxembourg (1 831), Poland (1 638), Romania (1 452), Finland (1 218), Greece
Continue Reading...Rapid risk assessment: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: increased transmission in the EU/EEA and the UK – seventh update
As of 25 March 2020, more than 416 916 cases of COVID-19 were reported worldwide by more than 150 countries. An increasing proportion of global cases are from EU/EEA countries and the UK. As of 25 March, 204 930 cases and 11 810 deaths have been reported in the EU/EEA and the UK. The number
Continue Reading...Guidelines for the use of non-pharmaceutical measures to delay and mitigate the impact of 2019-nCoV
This document provides guidance on the application of non-pharmaceutical countermeasures to minimise the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the population. Some of the measures proposed refer specifically to certain phases of the epidemic (containment or mitigation phases), and can be adapted depending on the assessed severity/impact of the infection. Other measures are
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