The President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, has invited employees getting back from high-risk areas to earn a living from home and to intently monitor their well being.
It’s the flip of European Parliament of Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin) to forestall the dangers of unfold of coronavirus. Certainly, the latter adopted precautionary measures in response to theepidemic of Covid-19. Its president, David Sassoli, introduced on Monday March 2, 2020:
"We’re assessing the unfold of the coronavirus every day, in shut collaboration with European well being companies in addition to with nationwide authorities. Following this evaluation, we determined to replace our precautionary measures. "
130 occasions canceled
Thus, at least 130 occasions organized on the premises of the establishment will likely be canceled over the subsequent three weeks beginning on Tuesday, March three, 2020. Conferences wherein 6,00zero and seven,00zero folks had been anticipated to take part.
Entry to the Parliament can also be restricted. The establishment has practically 700,00zero guests a yr, in response to David Sassoli.
coronavirus # COVID19 : as a precaution, entry to the European Parliament is proscribed.
Occasions and visits to @PEStrasbourg are canceled for three weeks from 03/03.
Solely legislative actions are maintained.
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– European Parliament (@PEStrasbourg) March 3, 2020
The plenary session maintained
The president urged folks within the administration and employees of the establishment "who’ve visited one of many affected areas (by the coronavirus) or who’ve been involved with an contaminated particular person to earn a living from home and monitor near their state of well being ”. These guidelines had been additionally imposed on MEPs.
Solely the “legislative actions” of the Parliament will likely be maintained. "Parliamentary work will proceed", together with committee conferences and the month-to-month plenary session scheduled for March 9, 2020. Measures are topic to alter, given the altering nature of the state of affairs.
204 circumstances of contamination in France
For the reason that begin of the epidemic, 204 circumstances of coronavirus contamination had been confirmed in France and 4 folks died, in response to figures from Public Health France.
The nation has thus crossed stage 2 of the epidemic prevention and administration plan. The federal government’s objective is due to this fact to curb the unfold of the virus, the federal government mentioned on its Twitter account.
#Coronavirus # COVID19 | Our nation has handed stage 2 of the plan to forestall and handle the epidemic. The federal government’s objective is to cease the unfold of the virus.
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