『欧州委員会、新型肺炎感染拡大防止の取り組みを統括する対策本部を設置』

欧州委員会は、欧州連合(EU)加盟国の準備体制を支援し、COVID-19（新型コロナウィルス感染症）の拡大を抑制し、市民の健康を守るため、全面的な取り組みを継続している。

本日、欧州委員会は、5人の委員から成るコロナウイルス対策本部を発足させた。対策本部で新型コロナウィルスの感染拡大防止の取り組みを統括するのは、ヤネス・レナルチッチ（危機管理担当）、ステラ・キリアキデス（保健問題担当）、イルヴァ・ヨハンソン（国境問題担当）、アディナ・ヴァレアン（モビリティ担当）、パオロ・ジェンティローニ（マクロ経済担当）の5人の委員である。対策本部の取り組みには、3つの主要な柱がある。一つは医療分野で、予防や調達から救援措置、情報、予測を対象とする。この第一の柱について、対策本部は、欧州疾病予防管理センター(ECDPC)および欧州医薬品機関（EMA）と緊密に連携して取り組む。第二の柱はモビリティで、輸送から渡航勧告、シェンゲン関連の問い合わせ対応を対象とする。第三の柱は経済で、バリューチェーンやマクロ経済のほか、観光、運輸、貿易などさまざまな業種の詳細な調査を対象とする。

また、欧州委員会は、本日COVID-19 専用ウェブページを開設した。同ページでは、EU加盟国の専用ウェブページへのリンク、直近の調査結果など関連情報のほか、医療、市民保護、モビリティ、経済、統計情報など幅広い分野の主な活動に関する情報を提供する。

Daily News 02 / 03 / 2020

Commission's response team to coordinate work on halting COVID-19 outbreak

The European Commission continues working on all fronts to support Member States in preparedness, halt the spread of COVID-19 and protect the health of our citizens. Today, we are launching the corona response team, a team of five Commissioners who will coordinate work on halting COVID-19 outbreak; Janez Lenarčič, who is in charge of crisis management, Stella Kyriakides, in charge of health issues, Ylva Johansson, for border-related issues, Adina Vălean, in charge of mobility and Paolo Gentiloni, for macroeconomic aspects. The response team will be working on three main pillars: first, the medical field, covering prevention and procurement to relief measures, information and foresight. Under this pillar, we will be working in close cooperation with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the European Medicines Agency. The second pillar covers mobility, from transport to travel advice and Schengen-related questions. The third pillar covers the economy. It is looking in-depth at various business sectors – such as tourism or transport, trade, as well as value chains and macro-economy. Today, the Commission is also launching a dedicated webpage on COVID-19. The website provides information on key activities across medical, civil protection, mobility, economy and statistics angles, as well as links to Member States' dedicated websites, most recent studies and other relevant information. Then, the Commission has launched an accelerated joint procurement procedure for personal protective equipment with 20 Member States, with invitations to tender sent to a number of selected companies identified through a market analysis. It will facilitate the necessary and equitable access to personal protective equipment for Member States to minimise potential shortages. The signing of contract should be finalised beginning of April, at the earliest. Finally, tomorrow, Vice-President Jourová is going to meet with representatives of online platforms to discuss the issue of disinformation in the context of COVID-19 outbreak. they will assess if more should be done to mitigate the risks of disinformation. A press conference with President von der Leyen and Commissioners Lenarčič, Kyriakides, Johansson, Vălean and Gentiloni took place this morning at the Emergency Response Coordination Centre. The President's remarks will be available here. You can watch the press conference again on EbS and download pictures here. More information on the EU's response to the COVID-19 outbreak is available in this Q&A. (For more information: Dana Spinant - Tel.: +32 2 299 01 50; Stefan de Keersmaecker – Tel.: +32 229 84680; Darragh Cassidy– Tel.: +32 229 83978)