On Monday 24 April, the European Commission announced the allocation of €106.2 million, shared between eight countries participating in the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania and Turkey), to create the emergency medical reserve called RescEU EMT (Emergency Medical Team). The reserve is named after the WHO EMT initiative, with which it is aligned.
The EU funding will allow the eight countries to set up three emergency medical...