On Friday, two Slovenian hospitals received the first two robots, out of 200 that the Commission purchased. They will be used by hospitals in EU countries to disinfect patient rooms and helping reduce and contain the spread of coronavirus. 

Europe’s medicines regulator said on Friday an antibody drug combination developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals can be used to treat COVID-19 patients who do not require oxygen support and are at high risk of progressing to severe illness.

The European Union top diplomat supervising the international agreement aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions called Friday for a concerted effort to reinvigorate the pact even as Tehran appears to be reneging on some of its commitments.

The EU executive issued on Thursday the new reports by Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, TikTok and Mozilla, signatories of the Code of Practice on Disinformation, on the evolution of the measures taken in January this year in fighting vaccine disinformation.

Looking ahead for a brighter future, where the lockdowns and the chaotic measures on the restored border checks in the Schengen area from today will only be a nightmarish recall, the Commission proposed on Wednesday a new roaming regulation, prolonging with extra 10 years the current rules that are due to expire in 2022.

The Commission kicked off on Wednesday the first-stage consultation of European social partners on how to improve the working conditions for people working through digital labour platforms, which share is around 11% of the EU workforce. 

The Commission tabled on Wednesday a new EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change focused on three cross cutting priorities. These are integrating adaptation into macro-fiscal policy, nature-based solutions for adaptation, and local adaptation action.

Ten new European Partnerships between the EU, Member States and the industry, proposed the Commission on Tuesday as to speed up the transition towards a green, climate neutral and digital Europe, and to make European industry more resilient and competitive.

Europe’s drugs regulator said on Tuesday it was expecting to give an opinion before the summer on whether Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir can be used to treat COVID-19 patients who do not need oxygen support.

EC President Ursula von der Leyen opened on Tuesday the EU Industry Days 2021 delivering a speech in which she praised the European industry its resilience amidst the coronavirus pandemic, while highlighting that we needed to draw the lessons from the crisis.