European Commission to announce proposal for gradual coordinated lockdown easing in EU countries. EU leaders asked for the plan but different countries have different lockdowns in place,different rates of infection. So minimum Commission plea is:”Inform us before easing” /1
Guidelines for countries is not to lift restrictions unless: a) health system can cope with increase in infections and b) your country has seen reduction in #coronavirus deaths, infection for sustained period AND /2
Also important: a country’s ability to test and to trace newly infected individuals as society slowly opens up again /3
As Italy opens small shops, Denmark its primary schools and non-essential workers start going back to work in Spain, Europe holds its breath to see impact on public health as well as economic figures #coronavirus /4
