EU ups contribution to COVAX to 500M euro for Covid-19 vaccines for low and middle-income countries
The European Union announced on November 12 that it will contribute an additional 100 million in grant funding to support
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Covid-19: EU to buy 300M doses of BioNTech – Pfizer vaccine
The European Commission will on November 11 authorise a contract for up to 300 million doses of the vaccine developed
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Eurostat: Almost 170 000 ‘additional’ deaths in EU in March-June 2020
In 2020, among the 26 European Union countries for which data are available, there were 168 000 more deaths during
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Belarus: EU foreign ministers say ‘restrictive measures’ against Lukashenko possible
European Union foreign ministers said on October 12 that the bloc was ready to take further restrictive measures against entities
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Coronavirus: EC signs joint procurement contract with Gilead for supply of Remdesivir
The European Commission has signed a joint procurement framework contract with pharmaceutical company Gilead for the supply of up to
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Covid-19: EU imports of face masks added up to 14BN euro in first semester of 2020
Comparing the first semester of 2019 with the first semester of 2020, the value of imports of face masks into
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ECDC launches new Covid-19 situation dashboard
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control’s (ECDC) Covid-19 situation dashboard, first launched in March 2020, has been improved
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EC publishes recommendations for a common EU testing approach for Covid-19
The European Commission published on September 18 a set of recommendations for a common Covid-19 testing approach in Europe, as
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Coronavirus: EC signs second contract to ensure access to a potential vaccine
A second contract between the European Commission and a pharmaceutical company entered into force on September 18 following the contact’s
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