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EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Health

Decision to close schools to control Covid-19 pandemic should be taken “only as a last resort”, ECDC insists

“School closures are by themselves insufficient to prevent community transmission of Covid-19” and should only be used as a “last resort”, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said on Thursday 8 July in a report sent to national health authorities.

Children are susceptible to the virus and can transmit it, ECDC said, but it remains unclear what the exact burden of Covid-19 is in children and that this is a priority for research.

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Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
Interview JUSTICE: EPPO should be granted the possibility to select the European Delegated Prosecutors itself, says Laura Kövesi
CLIMATE: ‘Fit for 55’, package of twelve legislative proposals to put EU on track to meet its 2030 climate target
TRANSPORT/INDUSTRY: alternative fuels, European Commission intends to put pressure on Member States
INTERNAL MARKET: updated European Commission recommendations to boost competition in seven regulated professions
AGRICULTURE: debates between EU Member States on how to reach targets for organic areas in 2030
ANIMAL HEALTH: Germany and France call for a prohibition on “systematic killing” of male chicks in EU
SEAS: MEPs call for swift agreement on creation of two Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica
MIGRATION: European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties expected to discuss reports on asylum and migration management and asylum procedures on 30 September
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECOFIN: EU Council will approve 12 national recovery plans
EUROGROUP: macroeconomic situation, fiscal stance and digital euro on ministerial agenda
COMPANIES: EFRAG is ready to start developing European non-financial reporting standards
COMPETITION: European Commission submits a draft of a new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation on agreements
COMPETITION: European Commission clears acquisition of Willis Towers Watson by Aon, subject to conditions
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: Commission confirms that London must pay €47.5 billion to EU budget
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Ethiopia, Israel, mission to Mozambique, Lebanon, ‘Strategic Compass’ and new technologies on agenda of EU Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting on Monday
ETHIOPIA: EU critical of Ethiopia’s unilateral decision on 2nd filling of Grand Renaissance Dam
DEVELOPMENT: ‘hunger virus’ has increased sixfold worldwide since Covid-19 crisis, warns Oxfam
WTO: World Trade Organization annual report highlights role of multilateral system in times of a health crisis
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
SOCIAL: Slovenian Presidency of EU Council presents a new compromise on minimum wages
EDUCATION: European Commission enlists experts to promote ethical use of artificial intelligence in education
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
DEVELOPMENT: EU commits to production of Covid-19 vaccines in Senegal
STATE AID: Covid-19, green light for EUR 750 million German support for Travel Insolvency Fund
HEALTH: European Medicines Agency identifies new side effects of messenger RNA vaccines
HEALTH: decision to close schools to control Covid-19 pandemic should be taken “only as a last resort”, ECDC insists
HEALTH: Stella Kyriakides provides assurances that EU has means to ensure administration of possible third dose of Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU sends 200,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine to Albania and North Macedonia
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: migrants have right to effective remedies for violations of their rights at European borders, say Council of Europe and EU’s Agency for Fundamental Rights
NEWS BRIEFS
TRADE/CLIMATE: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns against Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
HAITI: EU condemns assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in strongest possible terms  
MIGRATION: Lithuania to build barrier to prevent arrival of migrants from Belarus
SOUTH SUDAN: EU reiterates its support for people of South Sudan on occasion of country’s 10th anniversary
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: until 16 July 2021
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other events: until 16 July 2021