Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: ECDC publishes Threat assessment brief - Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.529 Description: The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published a new Threat Assessment Brief on the new variant of concern (VOC) B.1.1.529, or Omicron. Based on currently available genetic information, the risks of this VOC are high, according to preliminary data.
ECDC statement: Risk of very high COVID-19 burden unless public health measures are applied urgently
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: ECDC statement: Risk of very high COVID-19 burden unless public health measures are applied urgently Description: Recent modelling scenarios run by ECDC indicate that the potential burden of disease in the EU/EEA from the Delta variant will be very high in December and January unless public health measures are applied now in combination with continued efforts to increase vaccine uptake in the total population.
Epidemiological update: Omicron variant of concern (VOC) – data as of 29 November 2021 (12:30)
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Epidemiological update: Omicron variant of concern (VOC) – data as of 29 November 2021 (12:30) Description: As of 29 November 2021, 33 confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Omicron VOC cases have been reported by eight European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries (Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal) according to information from public sources.
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: ARLEM at the 6th UfM Regional Forum Description: On 29 November 2021, ARLEM vice-president André Viola, member of the Member of the Departmental Council of Aude (France), addressed the co-presidency of the Union for the Mediterranean and ministers of foreign affairs at the UfM Sixth Regional Forum held in the framework of the celebrations of the Day of the Mediterranean of 28 of November.
EIOPA sets out a framework for delivering better value for money in a consumer-centric way
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: EIOPA sets out a framework for delivering better value money in consumer-centric way - Eiopa European Commission Description: EIOPA sets out a framework for delivering better value money in consumer-centric way
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: EYR 2021 conference at CoR Description: Co-organised by the CoR, East Poland House and Polish rail operator PKP, the conference brought together local and regional authorities, sectoral stakeholders and EU institutions. The importance of close cooperation between all levels of governance and sectoral stakeholders for the shift to rail objectives set out under the EU Green Deal and in the context of the European Year of Rail 2021 (EYR 2021) was underscored from the outset by Marie-Antoinette MAUPERTUIS (FR/EA), second Vice-President of the CoR's COTER Commission. The focus on regional rail was particularly welcomed in particular by Alberto Mazzola, Executive Director of the Community of European Railways (CER), who called for regional rail to be more prominently addressed at EU level, recalling that most passenger rail journeys in the EU are made at local and regional level.