"Doses of Pfizer vaccine for children will be ready from December 13". This was announced by the president of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen in the press conference on the Covid emergency.
"I thank South Africa for the speed with which they warned us," he later reported on the Omicron variant. "They gave us the opportunity to act quickly. Every day counts in this situation."
"The WHO considers Omicron to be at high risk - he then specified - we do not know everything about Omicron, but we know enough to be worried." "It is a race against time", he added.
The green pass "must be constantly adapted to the situation of the pandemic", the clarification regarding the containment measures of the pandemic and third doses of the vaccine. “It is fitting that now not only vaccination is included, but booster too. The message is that the booster is carried out at 6 months "from the complete cycle." Until two or three years ago I would never have thought - he clarified - but it is time to discuss the vaccination obligation ".
"The EU is an epidemiological region, whatever we do and agree on how the EU must be centered on people, it is not a discourse of borders. The virus does not stop at borders", underlined Von der Leyen. "Testing is fine, tracking is important," he added.
As for travel and travel, “from the very beginning we wanted to ensure the safety of movements. We work closely with the Member States to continue coordination as much as possible, "explained Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides instead.
(Unioneonline / vl)
