BRUSSELS, April 23 – RIA Novosti. Many member States of the European Union have not yet reached the peak of a pandemic of the novel coronavirus, said European Commission President Ursula von der Laan Thursday at a press conference.
“Many countries have not yet reached a peak”, she said.
the EU against the background of the pandemic has imposed massive restrictions in social and economic life, including trade restrictions, a ban on the operation of the restaurants, the closing of borders, restriction of air and ground transportation. The economy is being seriously affected by this situation.
In April, a British research company Oxford Economics did not rule out that restrictions on socio-economic life in most countries of the Eurozone can begin to weaken by the middle of may.
the European Commission and the EU Council has previously proposed a number of recommendations for a coordinated and gradual lifting of restrictive measures in the European Union, preferably with exposure time lag between the breaks.
the world health organization on 11 March announced the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest who data, there have been recorded more than 2.5 million cases of infection, over 175 thousand people died.
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