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John F. Ryan, Director of Public Health, Country Knowledge and Crisis Management (DG SANTE), says that the EC is taking measures to ensure the short-term health preparedness for future outbreaks of COVID-19 in the EU.

The European Commission is setting out immediate short-term measures to increase EU health emergency alert in case of possible future coronavirus outbreaks, while aiming to save lives and to avoid lockdowns.

The Commission has adopted today an Implementing Decision to support the setting up of a voluntary gateway service to facilitate the interoperability of contact tracing and warning apps.

by Prof. Vera Rogiers, Vice-Chair of the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) and Chair of the SCCS Working Group on Methodology, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium.