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The Council today approved additional funding from the EU budget, amounting to €121.5 million, to address urgent needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
These funds will support the following actions:
preparatory work for digital green certificates to facilitate free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic
strengthening the capacity of member states to detect and monitor new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (‘sequencing’)
the development, evaluation and adjustment of new reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assays for each new emerging variant of the COVID-19 virus before the tests are rolled out, while ensuring sufficient testing capacity in the member states
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The FINANCIAL A consignment of 21,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccines is being delivered to Moldova from Romania to support the country s response to the pandemic. This delivery follows Moldova s request for vaccines through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, to which Romania has responded rapidly with this offer European commission notes.
Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, said: “I thank Romania for its generous and rapid offer to Moldova. The EU Civil Protection Mechanism continues to facilitate solidarity during the current pandemic. It is only through cooperation and mutual support, within the EU and also outside, that we can have an effective response to COVID-19. Supporting vaccination globally is essential for containing the COVID-19 pandemic: no country in the world will be safe until everyone is safe.”
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