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To support and encourage cross-border healthcare cooperation between national, regional and local authorities, the Commission has today issued practical guidance to Member States.

This postponement will take the pressure off national authorities, notified bodies, manufacturers and other actors so they can focus fully on urgent priorities related to the coronavirus crisis.

During the webinar organised by the EU Health Policy Platform, the ECDC will present an epidemiological situation and risk assessment of COVID-19, the Commission will give an overview on how it is supporting the Member States, NGOs will present the protection of the elderly and other groups at risk, and there will be a virtual roundtable on NGOs’...

Based on the experience with the European Reference Networks, the initiative will help to create rapid connections across Europe among the hospitals indicated by the Member States as reference centres for COVID-19.