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E-003585/2020

ECDC - risk assessment in the context of COVID-19 and future measures

Question for written answer E-003585/2020
to the Commission
Rule 138
Günther Sidl (S&D), Hannes Heide (S&D)

In the risk assessment it published as recently as in February 2020, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), whose task it is to identify, assess and warn about risks and new threats to public health, stated only that the continuing global spread of COVID-19 was likely, but assessed the risk involved as moderate and suggested that it could be reduced further by means of exit screenings conducted by the authorities in Wuhan.

The ECDC did also state, however, that the lack of detailed epidemiological studies meant that there were significant uncertainties surrounding the assessment of the likely spread of the virus.

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