“Measures accepted for political and psychological reasons. I will they had means only if China a very “complex” variant of it was discovered coronavirushe says meaningfully “K”. Ilias MosialosProfessor of Health Policy, London School of Economics, commenting on the unilateral actions of countries such as Italy, France, Spain and Sweden against travelers from China. It is noted that the crisis response mechanism (IPKIa) The Council of the Commission meets again on this issue.
As the professor emphasizes: “These are measures taken by governments to show citizens that they are protecting them, but in fact they are not protecting them. They have no scientific basis.”
He even notes that the appearance of one is unlikely. new dangerous mutation that will appear in China and threaten the rest of the world, because “at the moment coronavirus he has no motive, to put it simply, to give something more dangerous. Spreads unopposed“.
Lack of a pan-European line
As noted in the Politico article, the question now arises as to why some European countries have decided to take their own measures against China three years after its crisis began. coronaviruswhich led EE to promise better cooperation in the face of the next health threat it faces.
“General European health policy never existedcomments Mr. Mosialos. “Did the same vaccination policy apply in Europe? Was there a general line about who should get certain vaccines or when to get a booster dose, and should everyone eventually get it?
Regarding the current issue, according to the professor, a detailed announcement published ECDCwherein noted that the variants circulating in China are the same as those circulating in the rest of the planet and of course also in European Union, should be sufficient on its own. As the professor says: ECDC it is an official body that advises its heads of state European Union and herself European commissions to make decisions about pandemic“.
In addition, Mr. Mosialos referred to the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA), which was recently established to respond quickly and appropriately during a health crisis.
“This is a positive step towards strengthening the pan-European health architecture. But more needs to be done and, above all, close cooperation and coordination is needed, not only between its states. European Union but also between European Union with the rest of the world,” he emphasizes and explains further: “The series questions – one of them, for example, is the close monitoring of entire “families” of viruses, since there we constantly have new developments and we can prevent situations.
