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The scientific opinion supports the Commission by assessing the most recent scientific and technical information on breast implants in relation to anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL).

The Commission has today issued a call for participants in the stakeholder contact group on the implementation of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, which was adopted on 3 February 2021.

One month after the Commission's proposal for a Digital Green Certificate, Member States representatives in the eHealth Network agreed on guidelines describing the main technical specifications for the implementation of the system.

Isabel de la Mata, Principal Adviser to the Commission’s DG Health and Food Safety, says that COVID has highlighted the vital role vaccination can play in protecting us from disease, but that we must not forget that vaccination has been saving millions of lives across the world for decades.