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CoFoE: MP Horvathova Pleased with Efforts to Finalise EHU

CoFoE: MP Horvathova Pleased with Efforts to Finalise EHU

Bratislava, January 25 (TASR) – OLaNO MP and member of the parliamentary health committee Eva Horvathova, speaking in an interview for TASR regarding the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE), has expressed appreciation for the efforts made towards finalising a European Health Union (EHU). The matter of finalising the EHU

CoFoE: Stronger EMA Needed to Be Ready for Future Challenges, Claims Stefanec

CoFoE: Stronger EMA Needed to Be Ready for Future Challenges, Claims Stefanec

Strasbourg/Bratislava, January 25 (TASR) – We can only effectively resolve a sudden shortage of medicines or medical devices by cooperating, as was shown during the COVID-19 pandemic, reads a statement by Slovak MEP Ivan Stefanec provided by the European Parliament’s (EP) press department. Stefanec was reacting to the EP’

Health: Home Isolation of COVID-19 Positive Shortened to 5 Days

Health: Home Isolation of COVID-19 Positive Shortened to 5 Days

Bratislava, January 24 (TASR) – Home isolation of individuals testing positive for COVID-19 will be shortened to five days, in all cases, regardless of their immune system status, according to the latest directive of the Public Health Office, set to come into effect as of Tuesday (January 25). The shortened quarantine

CoFoE: EMA's New Powers to Improve EU's Readiness and Coordination, Says Lexmann

CoFoE: EMA's New Powers to Improve EU's Readiness and Coordination, Says Lexmann

Bratislava/Strasbourg, January 24 (TASR) – The stronger powers for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved by the European Parliament last Thursday (January 20) will improve the European Union’s (EU) level of preparations for health crises, reads a statement by Slovak MEP Miriam Lexmann provided by the European Parliament’s

CoFoE: Kyriakides: Recommendations of EU Citizens Essential for Strong EHU

CoFoE: Kyriakides: Recommendations of EU Citizens Essential for Strong EHU

Brussels, January 22 (TASR) – European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides stated on Friday that a European Health Union (EHU) should put people and their recommendations first. According to Kyriakides, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that EU citizens “expect much more from the EU in the area of

CoFoE: EU Coordination in Area of Health to Help Manage Crises, Says Dolinkova

CoFoE: EU Coordination in Area of Health to Help Manage Crises, Says Dolinkova

Bratislava, January 20 (TASR) – The creation of a European Health Union (EHU) could be an important step towards providing safer, more accessible and better quality health-care to everyone, but several goals need to be met first, Zuzana Dolinkova of the extra-parliamentary Voice-SD party has told TASR. Finalising the EHU is

Misik: We're Abandoning COVID Automaton, Measures Will Be Country-wide

Misik: We're Abandoning COVID Automaton, Measures Will Be Country-wide

Bratislava, January 12 (TASR) – Slovakia is abandoning the COVID automaton; new measures valid from Wednesday, January 19 will apply country-wide, head of the Health Ministry’s Health Analyses Institute (IZA) Matej Misik said on Wednesday, adding that the reason is the speed of the spread of the new mutation and