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The 2020 edition of Health at a Glance: Europe provides an in-depth analysis of European countries’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic using the latest data available.

The recommendation provides guidance on how to select rapid antigen tests, when they are appropriate and who should perform them.

Sandra Gallina, the European Commission’s Director General for Health and Food Safety, outlines some of the actions the Commission proposed on 11 November for building a European Health Union ready to tackle health threats of all types in a more coordinated, effective way.

The European Commission is taking the first steps towards building the European Health Union. The Commission is putting forward a set of proposals to strengthen the EU’s health security framework, and to reinforce the crisis preparedness and response role of key EU agencies.