The European Commission has warned EU governments are unprepared for the new surge of Covid-19 infections and recommended common measures to roll out vaccines should they become available. "While the evolution of the pandemic is getting back to March levels, our state of preparedness is not," European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas said.
He urged EU states to adopt a common strategy for the new phase of the pandemic and avoid the "cacophony" of different national measures that characterised the first months on the pandemic on the continent.
With new cases hitting about 100,000 daily, Europe has by a wide margin overtaken the United States, where more than 51,000 infections are reported on average every day.