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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8307

28 September 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 37
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/terrorism
EU countries not ready for bio-terror attacks

Brussels, 27/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - Most European Union Member States do not have adequate vaccines or response strategies to cope with a mass bio-terrorism attack using diseases such as smallpox, George Gouvras, in charge of the European Commission's task force, declared in substance the day after the attacks of 11 September.

According to the text of a speech at a health conference in Austria, reported on by Reuters, Mr Gouvras mainly pointed out that most governments are counting on...

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