EU "유럽 코로나19 증가 우려스럽다…대응 강화해야"<br /><br />The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has published an updated risk assessment regarding the COVID-19 pandemic,... while calling on Europeans to follow a set of guidelines for non-pharmaceutical interventions,... such as hand hygiene, social distancing and more.<br />Lee Seung-jae has more.<br />The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control on Thursday released its latest risk assessment on the COVID-19 pandemic,... indicating infection rates have increased steadily across the EU and the UK since August.<br />It added that measures taken thus far have not been sufficient to lower or contain the virus.<br />According to Stella Kyriakides,... the Commissioner for Health and Food Safety,... it's crucial that EU member states roll out all necessary measures at the first sign of a new outbreak,... including stepping up testing and contact tracing,... improving public healthcare surveillance, ensuring better access to personal protective equipment and medicines and ensuring sufficient health capacity.<br />The assessment also revealed that Europeans have not been properly following non-pharmaceutical interventions.<br />This includes a lack of physical distancing, hygiene and the scant use of face masks.<br />In Germany,... a number of government ministers are in self-quarantine,... including the Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier,.. who may have come into contact with an aide of another EU minister who tested positive.<br />Altmaier is the second German cabinet member to go into self-quarantine,... after Foreign Minister Heiko Maas.<br />After reporting over two-thousand new cases on Thursday,... the German city of Munich has now made face masks compulsory in some busy outdoor spaces,... and may even consider a ban on alcohol.<br />The French city of Marseille has been ordered by the central government to close all bars and restaurants in the city starting this weekend.<br />France's health minister says the city had been designated a “maximum alert” zone due to a concerning rise in infections that is overwhelming local hospitals.<br />City officials have lashed out at the decision,.. calling it "collective punishment" that was taken without consultation.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.<br />
